1985, K. M. Joseph, “3: Marine Fishery Resources of India”, in G. R. Kulkarni, Uma K. Srivastava, editors,A Systems Framework of the Marine Foods Industry in India,page112:
Sciaenids constitute about 70,000 tonnes of the present demersal catch of the west coast. George,et al. estimated an additional potential of about 90,000 tonnes ofsciaenids from the west coast.
1997, S. J. Blaber,Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries,page107:
In the Indo-West Pacific,sciaenids are important in the equatorial regions of South East Asia but much less so elsewhere.
2008, David A. Mann, Anthony D. Hawkins, J. Michael Jech, “9: Active and Passive Acoustics to Locate and Study Fish”, in Jacqueline F. Webb, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay, editors,Fish Bioacoustics,page298:
It can often be difficult to distinguish an individual's call when a hydrophone is lowered into a chorus ofsciaenids. Like damselfishes,sciaenids tend to have species-specific sounds (Fig. 9.8).