Atrobucca alcocki Talwar, 1980
photo by Osmany, H.B.

Family:  Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Max. size:  21.6 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthopelagic; marine; depth range - 105 m
Distribution:  Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea off Bombay, India and Sind, Pakistan.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 24-28; Vertebrae: 25-25. Drumming muscles present in males, absent in females. Last pleural rib on 10th vertebrae. Eye almost equally large in both young and adults.
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 27 September 2018 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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