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FishBase 1 thumbnail  •  slide show español Overview Main identification features elongate, compressed large space between 1st dorsal fin and 2nd dorsal fin lines along scale rows mouth oblique, lower jaw projects no canines pectoral base dark a: long base Queenfish, Queen croaker Elongate, compressed; mouth large, slightly oblique, lower jaw projects a little; jaw teeth pointed, in 1-2 rows, without large canines; 2 pores on chin, no barbel; preopercle border smooth; 25-27 long, thin rakers on 1st gill arch; dorsal IX-X, 18-21, spiny part short base, separated from soft part by large gap; anal base long, II,21-23, spines short, thin; pectorals short, 15-17 rays; tail emarginate; scales rough on body, smooth on head; 59-64 lateral line scales; soft dorsal and anal entirely scaled. Blue grey to tan upper body; belly bright silver; sides with dark lines along scale rows; pectoral dark, darker inner base; other fins yellowish. Size: 30.5 cm. Habitat: sandy bottoms, bays and tidal lagoons. Depth: 0-181 m. Oregon to the tip of Baja California. Attributes Abundance: Common. Cites: Not listed. Climate Zone: North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California); Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap). Depth Range Max: 181 m. Depth Range Min: 0 m. Diet: mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); bony fishes; mobile benthic worms. Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=35; Southern limit=24; Western limit=-120; Eastern limit=-110; Latitudinal range=11; Longitudinal range=10. Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva. Feeding Group: Carnivore; Planktivore. FishBase Habitat: Demersal. Global Endemism: TEP non-endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species. Habitat: Soft bottom (mud, sand,gravel, beach, estuary & mangrove); Soft bottom only; Sand & gravel. Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only. IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed. Length Max: 30.5 cm. Regional Endemism: Continent only; Continent; Temperate Eastern Pacific, primarily; Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) non-endemic; California province, primarily; All species. Residency: Vagrant. Salinity: Marine; Marine Only. Water Column Position: Bottom; Near Bottom; Bottom + water column; Names Scientific source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System Links to other sites Fishbase Catalog of Fishes Integrated Taxonomic Information System References Ayres, W. O., 1860., Description of fishes., Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1), 2:77-81. Eschmeyer , W. N. , Herald , E. S. and Hamman, H., 1983., A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America from the Gulf of Alaska to Baja California. Peterson Field Guide Ser. 28., Houghton Mifflin:336pp. Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813. Love, M.S., Mecklenburg, C.W., Mecklenburg, T.A., Thorsteinson, L.K., 2005., es of the West Coast and Alaska: a checklist of North Pacific and Artic Ocena species from Baja California to the Alaska-Yukon border., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, 288pp. Osburn , R. C. and Nichols, J. T., 1916., Shore Fishes Collected by the 'Albatross' Expedition in Lower California with Descriptions of New Species., Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 35:139-181. Acknowledgements Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page. Supported by National Biological Information Infrastructure National Science Foundation go to Discover Life's Facebook group Following modified from FishBase    Top | See original http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Seriphus&speciesname=politus ---> http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Seriphus&speciesname=politus http://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Seriphus&speciesname=politus ---> https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Seriphus&speciesname=politus https://fishbase.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?genusname=Seriphus&speciesname=politus ---> http://fishbase.de/summary/Seriphus-politus.html http://fishbase.de/summary/Seriphus-politus.html ---> https://fishbase.de/summary/Seriphus-politus.html You can sponsor this page Common name (e.g. trout) contains begins with begins with ends with is Genus + Species (e.g. Gadus morhua) About this page More Info Plus d'info Mais info Languages Arabic Bahasa/Malay Bangla Chinese(Si) Chinese(Tr) Deutsch English Español Farsi Français Greek Hindi Italiano Japanese Lao Nederlands Português(Br) Português(Pt) Russian Swedish Thai Vietnamese User feedbacks Comments &   Corrections Fish Forum Guest Book Facebook Citation Uploads Attach website Upload photo Upload video Upload   references Fish Watcher Related species Species in    Seriphus Species in    Sciaenidae - Classification - Sciaenidae Eupercaria/misc Teleostei Chordata Animalia Seriphus politus Ayres , 1860 Queen croaker Add your observation in Fish Watcher Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050 This map was computer-generated and has not yet been reviewed. Seriphus politus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS Upload your photos  and  videos Pictures | Videos | Google image Seriphus politus Picture by FAO Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes( genus , species ) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers) Etymology: Seriphus: Greek, seriphos, -ou, serphos = a mosquito or winged ant (Ref. 45335 ) . More on author: Ayres . Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 21 m (Ref. 2850 ), usually 1 - 8 m (Ref. 2850 ). Subtropical; 54°N - 23°N, 133°W - 109°W Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri Eastern Pacific: Yaquina Bay in Oregon, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico. Recorded from British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 11980 ). Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age Maturity: L m 10.3 , range 10 - 10.5 cm Max length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850 ) Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic) Occur inshore, often over sandy bottoms. Common in bays and tidal sloughs, around pilings. Moves to deeper water at night (Ref. 9118 ). Form schools. Feed on small shrimps, marine worms and fishes (Ref. 9118 ). Pelagic spawners (Ref. 56049 ). Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae Mean interval between spawnings is about 7.4 days (Refs. 51164, 51165). Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann , 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850 ) IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435 )   Least Concern (LC)  ; Date assessed: 24 January 2020 CITES Not Evaluated CMS (Ref. 116361 ) Not Evaluated Threat to humans   Harmless Human uses Fisheries: minor commercial; bait: usually FAO - Publication: search | FishSource | More information Countries FAO areas Ecosystems Occurrences Introductions Stocks Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Common names Synonyms Metabolism Predators Ecotoxicology Reproduction Maturity Spawning Spawning aggregation Fecundity Eggs Egg development Age/Size Growth Length-weight Length-length Length-frequencies Morphometrics Morphology Larvae Larval dynamics Recruitment Abundance BRUVS References Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Strains Genetics Electrophoreses Heritability Diseases Processing Nutrients Mass conversion Collaborators Pictures Stamps, Coins Misc. 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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804 ):  PD 50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00278 - 0.01190), b=3.11 (2.93 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245 ). Trophic level (Ref. 69278 ):  3.7   ±0.57 se; based on food items. Generation time: 5.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2 growth studies. Resilience (Ref. 120179 ):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2; Annual fecundity = 300,000). Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153 ):  Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100). Price category (Ref. 80766 ):   Medium . 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