Large scale lunate caudal fin croaker

Atractoscion macrolepis

Fish Reaching Twenty Nine Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Medium
Tropical fish

Large scale lunate caudal fin croaker is known around Southeast Atlantic as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 29 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Atractoscion
Maximum length: 29 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Southeast Atlantic: Angola to Namibia.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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