Larimichthys crocea

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Larimichthys crocea

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Larimichthys
Species:
L. crocea
Binomial name
Larimichthys crocea
(Richardson, 1846)
Synonyms[2]
  • Sciaena crocea Richardson, 1846
  • Collichthys croceus (Richardson, 1846)
  • Pseudosciaena crocea (Richardson, 1846)
  • Pseudosciaena amblyceps Bleeker, 1863
  • Collichthys chinensis Steindachner, 1866
  • Pseudosciaena undovittata Jordan & Seale, 1905

Larimichthys crocea, commonly called the large yellow croaker, yellow croaker or croceine croaker, is a

ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae
, the drums and croakers. This species is found in the Western Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Larimichthys crocea was first formally

Canton, China". The genus Larimichthys, to which this species belongs, has been placed in the subfamily Otolithinae by some workers,[3] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sciaenidae which it places in the order Acanthuriformes.[4] In 2011 specimens which were thought to be L. crocea were taken off Terengganu in eastern Peninsular Malaysia but these have now been classified as a separate valid species Larimichthys terengganui.[5]

Etymology

Larimichthys crocea has the specific name crocea which means "saffron" and is an allusion to yellow colours on the body and fins.[6]

Description

Larimichthys crocea has a

total length of 80 cm (31 in).[2]

Distribution and habitat

Larimichthys crocea is found in the

estuaries, and is found on muddy-sandy bottoms.[2]

Utilisation and conservation

Larimichthys crocea was once an abundant

aquafarmed in China, and production has grown to 105,000 tonnes by 2013.[8] Farms have experienced outbreaks of Nocardia seriolae infections.[9]

The

IUCN classifies this species as Critically Endangered as there has been no recovery in the population and there is no evidence that the fishery for this species is sustainable.[1]

Genome

Larimichthys crocea is an important enough commercial species to have its

genome mapped in 2014.[10] On 6 January 2015 it became the 200th organism to have its genome annotated by the NCBI Eukaryotic Genome Annotation Pipeline.[11]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T49182559A49239394.en
    . Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Larimichthys crocea" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  3. ^ Kunio Sasaki (1989). "Phylogeny of the family Sciaenidae, with notes on its Zoogeography (Teleostei, Peciformes)" (PDF). Memoirs of the Faculty of Fishes Hokkaido University. 36 (1–2): 1–137.
  4. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6
    .
  5. PMID 26248918
    .
  6. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (9 March 2023). "Series Eupercaria (Incertae sedis): Families Callanthidae, Centrogenyidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Sciaenidae and Sillagidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  7. ISBN 978-0-8047-1078-7
    .
  8. ^ a b "Larimichthys crocea". Fisheries Global Information System. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  9. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2005.00637.x
    .
  10. PMID 25407894
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  11. ^ "NCBI annotates 200th eukaryote". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 2015-01-07.
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