Mi-iuy croaker

The mi-iuy croaker (Miichthys miiuy; Chinese: 米魚 / 鮸; pinyin: mǐ yú / miǎn), or brown croaker, is a species marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

Mi-iuy croaker
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Sciaenidae
Genus:	Miichthys S.-Y. Lin, 1938
Species:	M. miiuy
Binomial name
Miichthys miiuy (Basilewsky, 1855)
Synonyms[2]
Sciaena miiuy Basilewsky, 1855 Argyrosomus miiuy (Basilewsky, 1855) Otolithus fauvelii Peters, 1881 Nibea imbricata Matsubara, 1937 Miichthys imbricatus (Matsubara, 1937)

Etymology

The English common name, the generic name and the specific epithet are all derived from the Chinese common name 米魚 (米鱼 in simplified Chinese).

Distribution and habitat

This demersal fish occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean from western Japan to the East China Sea, where it is found in coastal waters over sand and mud substrates.

Relationship with humans

It is used in traditional Chinese medicine^[2] and as a food fish.^[1]