Pacific Smalleye Croaker

Body elongate and rounded in cross section; snout prominent; mouth very large and oblique; lower jaw prominent; teeth small and set on narrow crests; eyes very small, their diameter contained 8 to 10 times in head length; lower branch of first gill arch with 14 to 15 gill rakers; smalll cycloid scales; back yellowish brown with grayish highlights; flanks silvery with small dark spots (Ref. 55763).

Adults are found in the surf zone of coastal waters, in estuaries and coastal lagoons (Ref. 9118). Occasionally found in markets (Ref. 9118).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family