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sciaenid

DEFINITIONS OF: sciaenid

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n widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

Synonyms:
sciaenid fish
Types:
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drum, drumfish
small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
Sciaena antarctica, jewfish, mulloway
large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
Sciaena aquila, maiger, maigre
large European marine food fish
croaker
any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
whiting
any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
sea trout
any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
Equetus pulcher, striped drum
a kind of drumfish
Equetus lanceolatus, jackknife-fish
black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin
Bairdiella chrysoura, mademoiselle, silver perch
small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
Sciaenops ocellatus, channel bass, red drum, redfish
large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus
a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny barbels
Umbrina roncador, surf fish, surffish, yellowfin croaker
a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
kingfish
any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
Menticirrhus americanus, king whiting
whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
Menticirrhus saxatilis, northern whiting
whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
Menticirrhus undulatus, corbina
bluish-grey whiting of California coast
Menticirrhus littoralis, silver whiting
a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States
Genyonemus lineatus, chenfish, kingfish, white croaker
small silvery marine food fish found off California
Seriphus politus, queenfish, white croaker
silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
Cynoscion regalis, weakfish
food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
Cynoscion nebulosus, spotted sea trout, spotted squeateague, spotted weakfish
weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of United States
Type of:
percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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