Family : Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Half-mourning croaker
Fish Name : Paranibea semiluctuosa
Max size : 40.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3490)
Environment : demersal
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: minor commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan (Ref. 2875) round the coasts of India eastwards to the Malay Peninsula. Reported occurrence in Indonesia (Ref. 5978) has been based on misidentification of Nibea soldado (Sasaki, pers. comm.)
Diagnosis :
Biology : Coastal throughout its range. Sold fresh, also dried salted in markets
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Lal Mohan, R.S.. 1984. (Ref. 3490)

India country information
Common Names : Half-mourning croaker
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses