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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Atractoscion: Greek, atraktos, arrow + Greek, skion, skiaina = barbel, red mullet (Ref. 45335).

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Marine; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Southwestern Pacific: endemic to south-eastern coast of Australia.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 36.0 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 51.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 116590)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 31 - 34; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D XI, 31-34 (31); gill rakers in first gill arch 7 + 1 + 7-9; lateral line pored scales 70-73; adults without canines; emarginate caudal fin. Differs from Atractoscion aequidens and A. nobilis in having more dorsal-fin soft rays (31-34 vs. 26-29 in aequidens and 21-22 nobilis (Ref. 116590).

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Song, Y.S., J.-K. Kim, J.-H. Kang and S.Y. Kim, 2017. Two new species of the genus Atractoscion, and resurrection of the species Atractoscion atelodus (Günther 1867) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae). Zootaxa 4306(2):223-237. (Ref. 116590)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 27 September 2018

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Atractoscion atelodus (Günther, 1867)