Species FAO code: PDR

Paralonchurus peruanus

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Denmark	da Peruansk trommefisk	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Paralonchurus peruanus (Steindachner, 1875)

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

List item: Pacific, Southeast

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Paralonchurus peruanus (Steindachner, 1875)

Scientific name

Paralonchurus peruanus

Author

(Steindachner, 1875)

Rank

Species

FAO code

PDR

Morphological description

Body elongate, moderately compressed, with an arched dorsal profile; snout prominent; mouth small and inferior; lower jaw enclosed by upper; chin with 5 pores and 12 to 15 pairs of small barbels; edge of preopercle smooth; lower branch of first gill arch with 10 to 14 gill rakers; body uniformly dark and silvery; flanks with 7 or 8 indistinct bars; fins dark (Ref. 55763).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilySciaenidae
    - GenusParalonchurus
      - SpeciesParalonchurus peruanus

Synonyms

Genyanemus peruanus Steindachner, 1875

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Paralonchurus peruanus (Steindachner, 1875)

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Paralonchurus peruanus

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Gillnets and similar nets

Seines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 87 - Pacific, Southeast