Family : Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Kathala croaker
Fish Name : Kathala axillaris
Max size : 27.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 3490)
Environment : benthopelagic
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indian Ocean: coasts of India and Sri Lanka. Reported from Pakistan (Ref. 2872).
Diagnosis :
Biology : Found in shallow coastal waters
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Lal Mohan, R.S.. 1984. (Ref. 3490)

India country information
Common Names : [ No common name ]
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses