Blotched Tiger Toothed Croaker

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30 - 34; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12

Found along the coast (Ref. 114116), among mangroves (Ref. 121817).

Occurs in coastal waters and estuaries (Ref. 9772). Also caught with bottom trawls, and handlines (Ref. 9772). Marketed fresh as well as dried salted; swim bladder dried (Ref. 2113).

fisheries: minor commercial; price category: medium; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family

Pterotolithus maculatus, commonly known as the blotched tiger-toothed croaker, is a marine fish native to the Indian Ocean.