Atrobucca is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the Indo-West Pacific region.
| Atrobucca | |
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| Blackmouth croaker (Atrobucca nibe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | Atrobucca Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963 |
| Type species | |
| Sciaena nibe | |
Taxonomy
editAtrobucca was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1963 by Yuan-ting Chu, Yun-ling Lo and Han-ling Wu with Sciaena nibe as its designated type species and its only species.[1] S. nibe had been described in 1911 by David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson from Wakanoura in the Wakayama Prefecture of Japan.[2] This genus is classified in the family Sciaenidae which is placed within the suborder Sciaenoidei of the order Acanthuriformes in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.[3]
Etymology
editAtrobucca is a combination of atro, meaning "black", and bucca, which means "mouth", an allusion to the black mouth and pharyngeal cavity of the type species.[4]
Species
editAtrobucca contains the following valid species:[5]
- Atrobucca adusta Sasaki & Kailola, 1988 (Scorched croaker)
- Atrobucca alcocki Talwar, 1980 (Largehead croaker)
- Atrobucca antonbruun Sasaki, 1995
- Atrobucca bengalensis Sasaki, 1995 (Bengal blackmouth croaker)
- Atrobucca brevis Sasaki & Kailola, 1988 (Orange croaker)
- Atrobucca geniae Ben-Tuvia & Trewavas, 1987 (Aqaba blackmouth croaker)
- Atrobucca kyushini Sasaki & Kailola, 1988 (Blackspot croaker)
- Atrobucca marleyi (Norman 1922) (African blackmouth croaker)
- Atrobucca nibe (Jordan & Thompson, 1911) (Blackmouth croaker)
- Atrobucca trewavasae Talwar & Sathiarajan, 1975
Characteristics
editAtrobucca croakers have a moderately long, elongate body with an oblique, terminal mouth. There are three pairs of mental pores, one on the front of the chin and a pair each side of the tip of the jaw. They have a carrot-shaped swim bladder with many appendages branching out from along its length. The lining of the mouth lining and peritoneum are typically black.[6] These are relatively small Sciaenids with the largest species being the scorched croaker (A. adusta) with a maximum published standard length of 46 cm (18 in).[5]
Distribution and habitat
editAtrobucca croakers are found in the Indo-Pacific from the eastern coast of Africa to the Western Pacific off Australia and New Guinea.[5] Some are rare, known from only a few specimens from relatively deepwater while others can be coastal.[6]
Fisheries
editAtrobucca croakers, particularly the blackmouth croaker (A. nibe), can be important food fishes.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sciaenidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Atrobucca". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-04-20.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (9 March 2023). "Series Eupercaria (Incertae sedis): Families Callanthidae, Centrogenyidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Sciaenidae and Sillagidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Atrobucca". FishBase. February 2023 version.
- ^ a b c Kunio Sasaki (2022). "Family Sciaenidae, Croakers, drums and kob". In P.C. Heemstra; et al. (eds.). Coastal fishes of the western Indian Ocean. Volume 3 (PDF). South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. pp. 389–414. ISBN 978-1-990951-30-5.