Family : Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Lesser tigertooth croaker
Fish Name : Otolithes cuvieri
Max size : 39.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 55968)
Environment : benthopelagic
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.5)Distribution : Western Indian Ocean: coasts of India and Pakistan.
Diagnosis :
Biology : Inhabits inshore and coastal waters (Ref. 3490). Carnivorous feeder. Feeds on Acetes spp., penaeid prawns, deep-sea prawns, fishes, stomatopods, mollusks, isopods, copepods and fish larvae (Ref. 53464)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Lal Mohan, R.S.. 1984. (Ref. 3490)

India country information
Common Names : धोमा, धोमी, ધોમા , Dhoma, Dhoma, Dhomi, Lesser tiger toothed croaker, Lesser tiger-toothed croaker
Status : native
Salinity : marine
Uses : no uses