Description:
It
has a spindle shaped sturdy body, covered with scales and has a rounded
tail fin. It also shows two dorsal fins, the first one with spines and a
ventral mouth with menthonic pores. There are male and female whitemouth
croakers but no sexual dimorphism occurs. This species reproduces itself
by external fertilization.
Feeding
habits:
Its
feeding habits are benthic and occasionally catch self moving organisms.
the most frequently eaten animals are crustaceans, bivalve mollusks such
as MUSSELS, CLAMS; polychaetous and juvenile fish such as the Argentine
anchovy and the “menhaden type” fish. However, the proportions, groups
and species vary according to the geographical zone, the kind of
bottom, the size of the fish and the season of the year.
