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Menticirrhus undulatus (California whiting; Kingfish; Corbina; California kingcroaker; California corbina)

Synonyms: Umbrina undulata
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Wikipedia Abstract

The California corbina (Menticirrhus undulatus) is a saltwater fish and member of the croaker family. California corbina occur from the Gulf of California, Mexico, to Point Conception, California. It is a bottom fish found along sandy beaches and in shallow bays. This species travels in small groups along the surf zone in a few inches of water to depths of 45 feet (14 m). The largest recorded specimen was 28 inches (710 mm) and 8.5 pounds. Other names include "California kingcroaker," "California whiting," and "sucker." California corbina should not be confused with corvina in the genus Cynoscion, which are taken in the Salton Sea and Gulf of California.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4.729 lbs (2.145 kg)
Maximum Longevity [2]  8 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Alto Golfo de California y Delta del Rio Colorado Biosphere Reserve VI 2320468 Sonora, Mexico  

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Penaeus californiensis (yellowleg shrimp)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Cynoscion parvipinnis (Corvina)1
Occidentarius platypogon (Cominate sea catfish)1

Predators

Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cynoscionicola powersi[5]
Helicometrina nimia[5]
Tegorhynchus cetratus[5]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3TROPHIC INTERRELATIONS OF THE THREE MOST ABUNDANT FISH SPECIES FROM LAGUNA SAN IGNACIO, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO, V. H. Cruz-Escalona, L. A. Abitia-Cardenas, L. Campos-Dávila and F. Galvan-Magaña, BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE, 66(2): 361–373, 2000
♦ 4Habitat Partitioning by Three Species of Dolphins in Santa Monica Bay, California, Maddalena Bearzi, Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative, 07-08-2003
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0