Striped croaker

Taxobox
name = Striped croaker


status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Sciaenidae
genus = "Bairdiella"
species = "B. sanctaeluciae"
binomial = "Bairdiella sanctaeluciae"
binomial_authority = Jordon, 1890
synonyms =

The striped croaker is a U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service [http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/concern/ Species of Concern] . Species of Concern are those species about which the U.S. Government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the U.S. [http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/laws/esa/ Endangered Species Act] (ESA).

pecies Description

The striped croaker is characterized as an oblong small fish, grey or greyish blue in color dorsally and silvery below

Ecology

This is a tropical species whose range is centered in the Caribbean Sea. The rock-reef habitats that this species occurs in typically support luxuriant growths of attached algae.

Conservation

The specific habitat occupied by the species is vulnerable to beachfront habitat alteration activities including beach renourishment projects and dredge-and-fill operations, both of which increase sedimentation and water turbidity and cover necessary habitat.

Conservation Designations

IUCN [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] : Not Evaluated

American Fisheries Society: Vulnerable

tatus Reviews

None

References

NMFS. Species of Concern Fact Sheet [http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/species/concern/] . 2008