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Bony fish

Striped Croaker

Corvula sanctaeluciae

Also known as: St. Lucian Corvina, Table Bashaw

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
Adult
@JolineCuracao · Klein Curaçao, Curaçao · June 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found over mud and sandy bottoms, of inshore waters, rich in algae growth.
They feed on benthic crustaceans, mainly shrimps.
Juveniles found around rocky areas.

Drums are named for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make by beating their abdominal muscles against the swim bladder.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
lines
Behaviour
makes sounds

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found over mud and sandy bottoms, of inshore waters, rich in algae growth.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusCorvula
    7. speciesCorvula sanctaeluciae Jordan, 1890

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    More in the family

    Drums-Croakers (Sciaenidae)