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Yellow croaker

Larimichthys crocea (Richardson, 1846)

Status not recordedbony fish

The yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) is a species in the family Sciaenidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the yellow croaker

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow croaker live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yellow croaker as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Singapore

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the yellow croaker endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the yellow croaker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySciaenidae
  6. genusLarimichthys
  7. SpeciesLarimichthys crocea (Richardson, 1846)

Synonyms Collichthys chinensis, Collichthys croceus, Larimichthys croceus, Pseudosciaena amblyceps, Pseudosciaena crocea, Pseudosciaena undovittata, Sciaena crocea

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Croceine croakerEnglish
  • Large yellow croakerEnglish
  • smuha čínskáCzech
  • Tambour à Gros YeuxFrench
  • フウセイJapanese
  • Roncadeira-amarela-maiorPortuguese
  • Большой жёлтый горбыльRussian
  • 黃瓜Chinese
  • 大黃魚Chinese
  • 黃花魚Chinese
  • 黃魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yellow croaker

Other species in the same genus Larimichthys.

Croaker

Larimichthys polyactis

SciaenidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the yellow croaker an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yellow croaker as introduced in 1 country: Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the yellow croaker?

The yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) belongs to the family Sciaenidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-croaker

MLA

“Yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-croaker.

BibTeX
@misc{yellow_croaker_2026,
  title = {Yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-croaker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}