- · Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
- · When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
- · Chinese bahaba silhouette: PhyloPic — Ananth Srinivas · CC0 1.0 (Pogonias cromis)
- · Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Chinese bahaba
Bahaba taipingensis (Chinese bahaba · Chinese bahaba)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum length of 2 m is taller than an adult human height of about 1.7 m (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 100 kg is the weight of five 20 kg bags of rice (Comparison).
- 💡 FishBase notes this species as an important food fish.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Chinese bahaba is a large marine fish found only along the southern coast of China from the Yangtze River to Hong Kong.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It is known to reach a maximum total length of 2 m and a maximum weight of 100 kg.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Adults feed on crustaceans such as shrimp and crabs; they gather in large numbers in estuaries to spawn before moving out to deeper waters, while juveniles remain in estuaries and coastal waters.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List CR (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61334/130105307
- • IUCN Red List category CR — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 68BDT
- • iucnredlist.org — 130105307
- • wikidata.org — Q703327
- • fishbase.se — Bahaba-taipingensis.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Ananth Srinivas · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Pogonias cromis)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.