FB-59916 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59916 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Cyprinidae Altigena Altigena zhui (Zheng & Chen, 1989) Curvinata 2002-11-21 2021-09-20 Casatti, L.0 Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers). p. 599-602. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36888) Aguilera, O. and D.R. de Aguilera0 A new species of croaker <i>Plagioscion</i> (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela. Memoria 60(153):61-67. (Ref. 44362) Patzner, R.A.0 Reproductive strategies of fish. pp. 311-350. In Rocha, M.J., A. Arukwe and B.G. Kapoor (eds). Fish reproduction: cytology, biology and ecology. Science Publisher, Inc. Oxford. 631 p. (Ref. 101194) Echevarria, G., N.C. Gonzalez and C.A. Lasso0 Reproductive biology of the fish communities in two flood lagoons of lower Orinoco, Venezuela. Mem. de la Fund. La Salle de Cienc. Nat. 71(175-176):25-50. (Ref. 127683) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-59922 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-25 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59922 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#DiagnosticDescription Body nearly uniform silvery, lighter ventrally; darker dorsally; no conspicuous spots but with diffuse dark areas along base of dorsal fin, on margin of spinous and soft dorsal fin, and hind margin of caudal fin; base of pectoral fins with a brown spot. Eye elliptical, 5.3-6.2 in HL; second anal spine length 4-6.3 (mean 5.2) in HL. Anus-anal distance 2.8-5.1 (mean 4.2) in HL. Tips of pelvic-fin rays not extending to anus. Anterior portion of dorsal fin with 10 spines, posterior with 1 and usually 33-34 soft rays. Sagitta elongate and oblong; ostium apple-shape; tip of caudal not extending to below hind margin of the ostium, postero-ventral angle rounded. Caudal fin rhomboid (Ref. 44362). Aguilera, O. and D.R. de Aguilera 2001 A new species of croaker <i>Plagioscion</i> (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela. Memoria 60(153):61-67. (Ref. 44362) FB-Morphology-59922 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-25 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59922 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 36; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7 Aguilera, O. and D.R. de Aguilera 2001 A new species of croaker <i>Plagioscion</i> (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela. Memoria 60(153):61-67. (Ref. 44362) FB-Distribution-59922 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-25 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59922 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size South America: Orinoco River, Venezuela. Aguilera, O. and D.R. de Aguilera 2001 A new species of croaker <i>Plagioscion</i> (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Orinoco River Basin, Venezuela. Memoria 60(153):61-67. (Ref. 44362) FB-Size-59922 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-25 00:00:00 2006-12-18 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59922 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 33.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 36888)) Casatti, L. 2003 Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers). p. 599-602. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 36888) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-59922 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2002-11-25 00:00:00 2006-12-18 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=59922 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution benthopelagic; freshwater