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Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Atrobucca: Latin, atro = black + Latin, bucca = mouth (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel Dr Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933) was a British physician, herpetologist, carcinologist and naturalist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range ? - 105 m (Ref. 7483). Tropical
Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea off Bombay, India and Sind, Pakistan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 21.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7483)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 28; Vertebrae: 25. Drumming muscles present in males, absent in females. Last pleural rib on 10th vertebrae. Eye almost equally large in both young and adults.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Sasaki, K. and P.J. Kailola, 1988. Three new Indo-Australian species of the sciaenid genus Atrobucca, with a reevaluation of generic limit. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 35(3):261-277. (Ref. 7483)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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