Common names: Dorado, Dourade
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: abundant (always seen in some numbers) | Ref: Cervigón, F., 1993
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Occurs in front of the central coast, in Placer de la Guaira, and other insular areas; no records of catches from the Gulf of Venezuela nor from neritic waters of the northeastern region (Ref. 9626).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ve.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Palko, B.J., G.L. Beardsley and W.J. Richards, 1982
National Database: