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[?]