Blotched croaker வரி கச்சீலி, வரீ கட்ச்சீலீ , సారి కుల్లా , கோரோவ, കട്ട് ല, കട്ട്ല, கூரவா , Blotched-croaker, Cooroowa, Cutlah, Sari-kullah, Vari-katchelee
Family : Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order : Perciformes (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Blotched croaker
Fish Name : Nibea maculata
Max size : 30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3490)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K>1)
Distribution : Indian Ocean: coasts of India and Sri Lanka, probably extending to Thailand and Malaysia.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in coastal waters. An important foodfish. Sold fresh and dried salted in markets
Threatened : Dangerous:
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Lal Mohan, R.S.. 1984. (Ref. 3490)
India country information
Common Names : வரி கச்சீலி, வரீ கட்ச்சீலீ , సారి కుల్లా , கோரோவ, കട്ട് ല, കട്ട്ല, கூரவா , Blotched-croaker, Cooroowa, Cutlah, Sari-kullah, Vari-katchelee
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses
