fusca drum

Umbrina ronchus

Sciaenid Fish beneath the Persian Gulf

Brown
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Africa
Fusiform
Large
Tropical fish

Umbrina ronchus, the fusca drum, slender baardman, roncador, fusca croaker or slender tasselfish, is a species of croaker or drum from the family Sciaenidae which is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Umbrina
Maximum length: 100 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean: western Mediterranean and Gibraltar (Ref. 3593 ) to the Cape and along the east coast of Africa to the Persian Gulf. Not yet recorded from Namibia but may eventually be found there (Ref. 27121 ).
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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