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Drums
Sciaenidae
The Sciaenidae are a family of fish commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make. The family includes the weakfish, and consists of about 275 species in about 70 genera; it belongs to the order Perciformes.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 298 known species
Aplodinotus
genusAplodinotus
Weakfishes
genusCynoscion
Kingcroakers
genusMenticirrhus
Sciaenops
genusSciaenops
Micropogonias
genusMicropogonias
Leiostomus
genusLeiostomus
Pogonias
genusPogonias
Bairdiella
genusBairdiella
Sciaena
genusSciaena
Eques
genusEques
Pseudotolithus
genusPseudotolithus
Pareques
genusPareques
Umbrina
genusUmbrina
Meagres
genusArgyrosomus
Atractoscion
genusAtractoscion
Johnius
genusJohnius
Genyonemus
genusGenyonemus
Seriphus
genusSeriphus
Stardrums
genusStellifer
Odontoscion
genusOdontoscion
Roncador
genusRoncador
Larimus
genusLarimus
Cheilotrema
genusCheilotrema
Otolithes
genusOtolithes
yellow croakers
genusLarimichthys
Nibea
genusNibea
Pennahia
genusPennahia
Plagioscion
genusPlagioscion
Pteroscion
genusPteroscion
Paralonchurus
genusParalonchurus
Corvula
genusCorvula
Protonibea
genusProtonibea
Miichthys
genusMiichthys
Pachyurus
genusPachyurus
Cilus
genusCilus
Collichthys
genusCollichthys
Otolithoides
genusOtolithoides
Totoaba
genusTotoaba
Nebris
genusNebris
Chrysochir
genusChrysochir
Dendrophysa
genusDendrophysa
Macrodon
genusMacrodon
Isopisthus
genusIsopisthus
Panna
genusPanna
Callaus
genusCallaus
Pterotolithus
genusPterotolithus
Atrobucca
genusAtrobucca
Kathala
genusKathala
Boesemania
genusBoesemania
Paranibea
genusParanibea
Pachypops
genusPachypops
Daysciaena
genusDaysciaena
Elattarchus
genusElattarchus
Bahaba
genusBahaba
Robaloscion
genusRobaloscion
Macrospinosa
genusMacrospinosa
Ctenosciaena
genusCtenosciaena
Pseudolarimichthys
genusPseudolarimichthys
Petilipinnis
genusPetilipinnis
Aspericorvina
genusAspericorvina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 49172.