Family : Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Order : Perciformes  (perch-likes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name :
Fish Name : Macrospinosa cuja
Max size : 152 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 1813)
Environment : benthopelagic; anadromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indian Ocean: Gangetic estuary in India. Reported from Bangladesh (Ref. 1479).
Diagnosis :
Biology :
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator :
Main Ref : Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4833)

India country information
Common Names : Cuja bola
Status : native
Salinity : brackish
Uses : no uses