Sciaenidae

Table of contents

1 Placement 2 Synonyms and common names 3 References 4 Text 5 Children

Placement

Kingdom Animalia (animals)

Phylum Chordata (vertebrates & kin)

Class Osteichthyes (bony fish)

Order Perciformes (perch-like fish)

Family Sciaenidae

Synonyms and common names

Croakers, drums

References

http://www.rra.dst.tx.us/bi/fish/county/order/SCIAENIDAE.htm
as of 2002-06-25

Text

\Sciaenidae are a family of fish, called the drum family and included in the order Perciformes. Includes the weakfish.

Children

• Aplodinotus
• Argyrosomus
• Aspericorvina
• Atractoscion
• Atrobucca
• Austronibea
• Bahaba
• Bairdiella
• Boesemania
• Cheilotrema
• Chrysochir
• Cilus
• Collichthys
• Corvula
• Ctenosciaena
• Cynoscion
• Daysciaena
• Dendrophysa
• Elattarchus
• Equetus
• Genyonemus
• Isopisthus
• Johnius
• Kathala
• Larimichthys
• Larimus
• Leiostomus
• Lonchurus
• Macrodon
• Macrospinosa
• Megalonibea
• Menticirrhus (Kingfish)
• Micropogonias
• Miichthys
• Miracorvina
• Nebris
• Nibea
• Odontoscion
• Ophioscion
• Otolithes
• Otolithoides
• Pachypops
• Pachyurus
• Panna
• Paralonchurus
• Paranibea
• Pareques
• Pennahia
• Pentheroscion
• Plagioscion
• Pogonias
• Protonibea
• Protosciaena
• Pseudosciaena
• Pseudotolithus
• Pteroscion
• Pterotolithus
• Roncador
• Sciaena
• Sciaenops
• Seriphus
• Sonorolux
• Stellifer
• Totoaba
• Umbrina