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Common names: Corvina boquinaranja, Corvina de aleta amarilla, Corvina de boca amarilla
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 9118, 26550.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Welcomme, R.L., 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Orangemouth corvina, Corvina boquinaranja, Orangemouth corvina, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Cynoscion: Greek, kyon = dog + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; benthopelagic; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 96339). Tropical; 33°N - 14°N, 118°W - 92°W

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: Mexico. Introduced into the highly saline waters of Salton Sea in southern California, USA.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 129 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 24.6 kg (Ref. 40637)

Inhabits coastal waters (Ref. 9118).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Oviparous (Ref. 240).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 24 January 2020

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: highly commercial; gamefish: yes

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Cynoscion xanthulus Jordan & Gilbert, 1882