Striped croaker

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Striped croaker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Bairdiella
Species: B. sanctaeluciae
Binomial name
Bairdiella sanctaeluciae
Jordon, 1890

The striped croaker is a U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service Species of Concern. Species of Concern are those species about which the U.S. Government’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, has some concerns regarding status and threats, but for which insufficient information is available to indicate a need to list the species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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[edit] Species Description

The striped croaker is characterized as an oblong small fish, grey or greyish blue in color dorsally and silvery below

[edit] Ecology

This is a tropical species whose range is centered in the Caribbean Sea. The rock-reef habitats that this species occurs in typically support luxuriant growths of attached algae.

[edit] Conservation

The specific habitat occupied by the species is vulnerable to beachfront habitat alteration activities including beach renourishment projects and dredge-and-fill operations, both of which increase sedimentation and water turbidity and cover necessary habitat.

[edit] Conservation Designations

IUCN[1]: Not Evaluated

American Fisheries Society: Vulnerable

[edit] Status Reviews

None

[edit] References

NMFS. Species of Concern Fact Sheet[2]. 2008