Bay Whiff

Distinct pairing (Ref. 205). Oviparous (Ref. 101737). Females produce numerous eggs in multiple spawnings during a prolonged spawning period (Ref. 101737).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 74 - 84; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 52 - 63

Feeds on fish, benthic and planktonic organisms (Ref. 13196).

Occurs in shallow muddy bottoms from the coastline to 75 m depth; also in brackish estuaries and hypersaline lagoons (Ref. 5217). Inhabit mainly coastal waters and tidelands, but abundant in waters very near the sea to a few meters elevation with wholly freshwater ichthyofauna (Ref. 36880). Feeds mainly on zooplankton and zoobenthos (Ref. 13196). Taken with beach nets (Ref. 5217).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: unreliable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this order

Feeds mainly on zooplankton and zoobenthos

Western Atlantic: Georges Bank to the Antilles and Brazil

Inhabit mainly coastal waters and tidelands, but abundant in waters very near the sea to a few meters elevation with wholly freshwater ichthyofauna.

benthic