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Sciaenidae
spot
Leiostomus xanthurus
Striped Fish from Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Mediumspot is a fish found around Western Atlantic. It inhabits estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 36 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Leiostomus
- Maximum length
- 36 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Massachusetts to northern Mexico; absent in southern Florida.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
