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Lateolabrax japonicus (Cuvier, 1828)

Japanese seabass
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Japan country information

Common names: Suzuki, スズキ
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Xian, W.-w. and H.-x. Zhu, 2000
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Widely distributed in Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea (Ref. 42784). Utilized as a food fish (Ref. 559). Also Ref. 11230. Status of threat: Threatened populations of Ariake Sea (LP) (Ref. 94887).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.maff.go.jp/eindex.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hureau, J.-C., 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bar du Japon, Serránido japonés, 花鲈, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) > Lateolabracidae (Asian seaperches)
Etymology: Lateolabrax: Greek, latos, a fish of the Nile + Greek, labrax, -akos = a fish (Dicentrarchus labrax) (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

Issue
Junior synonym Lateolabrax maculatus considered as a valid species reported to be widely distributed (Japan, only in the Ariake Sea and off Nagasaki; China (off all coasts), Taiwan, and Korea (usually off the southern and western coasts) (Ref. 118669)

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; acqua dolce; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; catadromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 5 - ? m.   Subtropical; 44°N - 15°N, 106°E - 143°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze |
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