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Tigertooth Croaker

Otolithes ruber

Also known as: Jew Croaker, Longtooth Salmon, Long-toothed Salmon, Rosy Jewfish, Silver Teraglin, Silvery Croaker, Snapper Koi, Snapper Salmon, Tiger-toothed Croaker, Toothed Croaker, Wiretooth, Yankee Whiting

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
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Overview

Found in schools, over mud and sandy bottoms, of estuaries and coastal waters.

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
black dots
Behaviour
makes soundsschooling

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
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Found in schools, over mud and sandy bottoms, of estuaries and coastal waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusOtolithes
    7. speciesOtolithes ruber (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

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