Largehead croaker

Atrobucca alcocki

Only males carry the drumming muscles

Largehead croaker is known from Western Indian Ocean as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Surgeonfishes and Allies
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Atrobucca
Maximum length: 21.6 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: Arabian Sea off Bombay, India and Sind, Pakistan.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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