- Larimichthys crocea
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Large yellow croaker Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Family: Sciaenidae Genus: Larimichthys Species: L. crocea Binomial name Larimichthys crocea
(Richardson, 1846)Synonyms Pseudosciaena crocea Richardson, 1846
Larimichthys crocea, called the Croceine croaker, Large yellow croaker or just the Yellow croaker, is a species of croaker native to the western Pacific, generally in temperate waters such as the Taiwan Strait. Males can reach 80 cm.
Once an abundant commercial fish off China, Korea and Japan, its population collapsed in the 1970s due to overfishing.[1] Fishing boats landed 56,088 t of Larimichthys crocea in 2008.[2] The species is aquafarmed in China, and farms have experienced outbreaks of Nocardia seriolae infections. L. crocea is an important enough commercial species to have its genome mapped and its mitochondrial genome sequenced.[3]
References
- ^ Orleans (ed), Leo A. (1980). Science in Contemporary China. Stanford University Press. p. 239. ISBN 9780804710787.
- ^ "Larimichthys crocea". Fisheries Global Information System. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3163/en. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ Ning, Yue; Liu, Xiande; Wang, Zhi Yong; Guo, Wei; Li, Yiyun; Xie, Fangjing (2007). "A genetic map of large yellow croaker Pseudosciaena crocea". Aquaculture (Elsevier) 264: 16–26. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.12.042.
External links
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2010). "Larimichthys crocea" in FishBase. April 2010 version.
- "Larimichthys crocea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=646547. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
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