Chinese bahaba

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Chinese bahaba

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Bahaba
Species:
B. taipingensis
Binomial name
Bahaba taipingensis
(Herre, 1932)
Synonyms[2]
  • Nibea taipingensis Herre, 1932
  • Otolithes lini Herre, 1935
  • Nibea flavolabiata Lin, 1935
  • Bahaba flavolabiata (Lin, 1935)

The Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis), also known as the giant yellow croaker,

estuarine waters.[4]

Distribution

The Chinese bahaba is known only from the parts of China from the Yangtze River southwards to Hong Kong. It enters estuaries to spawn and in the past it was seasonally numerous in this habitat. This includes the estuaries of the Yangtze River, the Min River and the Pearl River and around the coast of Zhoushan Island.[1]

Behaviour

The Chinese bahaba is a benthopelagic fish that feeds mostly on crustaceans such as shrimps and crabs.[2]

Conservation status

Annual catches of 50 tonnes were taken in the 1930s, but this had dwindled to 10 tonnes per year by the 1950s and 1960s when few large fish were caught.[1]

The Chinese bahaba is threatened by

World Wildlife Fund and fisheries scientists at the University of Hong Kong have recommended its protection to the local government.[8] Chinese bahaba caught in Hong Kong are also sometimes transferred to the Chinese mainland where resold.[9] The fishing is prompted by the value placed on the swim bladders of this fish for use in traditional Chinese medicine. In some markets, notably the Chinese markets, a good specimen swim bladder fetches more than its weight in gold.[1][5] As the population of the Chinese bahaba declined, some trade shifted towards the closely related totoaba (Totoaba macdonaldi) of Mexico, a species that now also is seriously threatened.[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T61334A130105307.en
    . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Bahaba taipingensis" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. ^ a b Moore, M. (21 August 2012). Chinese fisherman hooks £300,000 fish. The Telegraph. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  4. S2CID 574438
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  5. ^
    doi:10.1046/j.1467-2979.2003.00104.x
    .
  6. ^ Bindley, K. (21 August 2012). Bahaba Fish Worth $473,000 Caught, Sold In China. HuffPost. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  7. ^ Platt, J. (16 February 2010). "Downcast: Critically endangered bahaba caught and sold for $500,000". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Scientific American.
  8. ^ Christie, L. (14 April 2016). Ryan Ma is out to save the Chinese bahaba. yp.scmp.com. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  9. ^ Reuters (25 April 2008). Anglers let big cash bonanza get away. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  10. ^ Juarez, Lorenzo M.; Pablo A. Konietzko; and Michael H. Schwarz (15 December 2016). Totoaba Aquaculture and Conservation: Hope for an Endangered Fish from Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. WAS. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  11. ^ Hance, J. (11 January 2016). China's craze for 'aquatic cocaine' is pushing two species into oblivion. The Guardian. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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