Bahaba taipingensis (Herre, 1932)
Chinese bahaba
Bahaba taipingensis
photo by CAFS

Family:  Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Max. size:  200 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 100 kg
Environment:  benthopelagic; brackish; marine
Distribution:  Northwest Pacific: south China only. From the Yangtze River southwards to Hongkong (Ref. 75158).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Adults feed on shrimp, crab, and other crustaceans (Ref. 75158). Adults aggregate in estuaries to spawn (Ref. 75158). An important food fish.
IUCN Red List Status: Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 02 October 2019 (A2bcd) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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