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Sciaenidae
Gulf kingfish
Menticirrhus littoralis
Forty Eight Point Three Centimeters Sciaenid Fish of Mexican Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- South America
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
MediumGulf kingfish is known from Western Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Menticirrhus
- Maximum length
- 48.3 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Virginia, USA and the continental coast of the Gulf of Mexico to Rio Grande del Sur, Brazil.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Conservation status
