Bigmouth Croaker

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 27; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 7 - 8

Found in coastal waters, estuaries and mouths of rivers. Also caught with bottom trawls and handlines (Ref. 9772). Marketed fresh as well as dried salted; swim bladder dried (Ref. 2113).

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