White croaker (Genyonemus lineatus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States.
Scientific name: Genyonemus lineatus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 41 cm
The white croaker is a benthopelagic sciaenid found over sandy bottoms, feeding on polychaetes, small shrimps, crabs and mollusks; it is oviparous and a multiple pelagic spawner. Its range is the eastern Pacific, from Barkley Sound in British Columbia to southern Baja California in Mexico, and it is rare north of California. Maximum length is about 41 cm total length, and it can live 15 years, maturing at about 14 cm. It is a minor commercial species and a gamefish, with a low price category. Fishing vulnerability is low at 23 of 100 and resilience medium, and climate vulnerability is low to moderate at 29 of 100. IUCN lists it as least concern.
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