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Yellow croaker
Larimichthys polyactis (Yellow croaker · Yellow croaker)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its total length of 30–40 cm is slightly longer than the long side of an A4 sheet of paper (29.7 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 It can be seen in the West Sea, South Sea, and southern East Sea (National List of Species of Korea).
- 💡 It is a heavily fished commercial species and is also used in Chinese medicine (FishBase).
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 yellow croaker is a sciaenid fish living on sandy mud bottoms of the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, migrating north in schools in spring after overwintering. It is a target of commercial fisheries.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is elongated and laterally compressed with a slender caudal peduncle, yellowish-brown on the body with a deep yellow belly. All fins are pale yellow.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
After overwintering in warm waters southwest of Jeju Island and east of Shanghai, it migrates north in schools in early March. In late June, it spawns floating eggs on shallow tidal flats in Bohai Bay.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
According to the National List of Species of Korea, it is distributed in the West Sea, South Sea, and southern East Sea.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2020) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/49182929/49229050
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 6NXNS
- • iucnredlist.org — 49229050
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000058622 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000058622
- • wikidata.org — Q1072528
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:小黄鱼.jpg
- • fishbase.se — Larimichthys-polyactis.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — mainHome.do
- • 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.