| Family: |
Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) |
| Max. size: |
9.77 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; marine |
| Distribution: |
Southwestern Atlantic: endemic to Brazil. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 12-15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-21; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 8-9. This species is distinguished from all its congeners in the Atlantic with a horizontal or inferior mouth by having a large, oblique mouth and large eye (3.8-4.5 in HL); differs from S. collettei and S. macallisteri by their smaller eye, 5.0-7.1 and 4.4-5.4 in HL, respectively; differs from other moderately large-eyed species as follows: from S. griseus by having fewer gill rakers 31-38 (vs. 52-59); from S. cervigoni and S. rastrifer by their jet-black lining under gill cover, pale in S. musicki; from S. stellifer by the several small, finely serrated spines instead of 3 to 4 distinct strong spines at the lower corner of preopercle (Ref. 125562). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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