Chinese bahaba

The Chinese bahaba lives in the benthopelagic, brackish, marine environment.

The Chinese bahaba is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Chinese bahaba (Bahaba taipingensis) is a species of fish in the Sciaenidae family. It is found in China, Hong Kong, and Macau. Its natural habitats are open seas, shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, rocky shores, and estuarine waters. More

The Chinese bahaba is one of the largest of all croakers (Sciaenidae) and has a limited geographical distribution. It can attain 2 m and exceed 100 kg (Lin 1939, Chu et al. 1963, Anderson 1972, Trewavas 1977). More

A rare Chinese bahaba on sale for $140,000March 7th, 2008 xin 0620305031522343162353 A rare Chinese bahaba on sale for $140,000A fisherman in China’s Zhejiang province has netted a fish that, according to local tradition, may sell for over 1 million yuan (about More

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A rare Chinese bahaba on sale for $140,000 chinese_bahaba.jpg A Zhejiang based fisherman netted a rare Chinese bahaba whose air bladder is said to be as expensive as gold in weight. It was last seen almost 50 years back. More

A fisherman unveils the gill of the Chinese bahaba caught on March 1, 2008. (Source: rednet.com.cn) A fisherman in China's Zhejiang province has netted a fish that, according to local tradition, may sell for over 1 million yuan (about 140,000 U.S. dollars). More

to its extreme scarcity, the air bladder of Chinese bahaba is said to be as expensive as gold in weight. More than a decade ago, another fisherman of the same county caught a Chinese bahaba of less than 3.5 kg but fetched for more ... http://www.neatorama. More

A fisherman unveils the gill of the Chinese bahaba caught on March 1, 2008. (Source: rednet.com. More

A fisherman unveils the gill of the Chinese bahaba caught on March 1, 2008. Li Shaoshuang, from Cangnan county of the coastal province, caught it in his Saturday's first cast while working offshore nearby the Xiangshan harbor. More

The giant Chinese bahaba weighs 15 kilograms and has been valued at around 70 thousand yuan. More

Meet the Chinese Bahaba fish (Bahaba flavolabiata), which hasn’t been seen in the coast of Zhejiang province for 50 years: "It is dark brown all over, 1.2-meter long and 15-kg in weight," said the veteran fisherman Li who has already frozen the fish. More

The giant yellow croaker, or Chinese bahaba, is one of the two largest of all croakers (Sciaenidae) and a modest fishery for it has existed for decades. More

The Chinese bahaba or giant yellow croaker is well known for its valuable swimbladder. A swimbladder has a market price of 30 to 40 thousand yuan per 100 grams, even more expensive than gold. More

netted a 49-kg Chinese bahaba and sold to a restaurant for 580,000 yuan. The restaurant cooked the fish meat but has kept the dried maw since, tagging it at 2 million yuan with words “not for sale. More

Green turtle, Horseshoe Crab and Chinese Bahaba in Deep Trouble Reveals WWF Public Votes for Their Favourite "Ocean's 10" Species (15 Nov 2007) Being much loved is no guarantee against extinction in Hong Kong. More

The 85-kg Chinese Bahaba, also known as a giant yellow croaker, is believed to be the largest caught in Hong Kong in 10 years, Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper reported. One of the anglers, a housewife called Mickey, was photographed lying beside the 1. More

Common names

Bahaba chinois in French (français)
Bahaba taipingensis in Portuguese (Português)
Chinese bahaba in English
Giant yellow croaker in English
黃唇魚 in Mandarin Chinese
黄唇鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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