Biology:Mi-iuy croaker

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Mi-iuy croaker
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Miichthys
S.-Y. Lin, 1938
Species:
M. miiuy
Binomial name
Miichthys miiuy
(Basilewsky, 1855)
Synonyms[2]
  • Nibea imbricata Sciaena miiuy
  • Basilewsky, 1855 (Basilewsky, 1855)
  • Matsubara, 1937 Miichthys imbricatus
  • Otolithus fauvelii (Matsubara, 1937)
  • Argyrosomus miiuy Peters, 1881

The Mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy), or brown croaker, is a species marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This demersal fish is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean from western Japan to the East China Sea where it is found in coastal waters over sand and mud substrates. It is used in Traditional Chinese medicine[2] and as a food fish.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cheng, J.-H.; Liu, M.; Nguyen Van, Q.; Sasaki, K.; Hoshino, K.; Sakai, T.; Santos, M.; Yang, C.-H. et al. (2020). "Miichthys miiuy". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T49186498A49224912. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T49186498A49224912.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/49186498/49224912. Retrieved 1 June 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Miichthys miiuy" in FishBase. February 2023 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2749960 entry