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family Sciaenidae - warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout

fish family - any of various families of fish

order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna

sciaenid, sciaenid fish - widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound

Equetus, genus Equetus - drumfish

Bairdiella, genus Bairdiella - drumfish

genus Sciaenops, Sciaenops - a genus of Sciaenidae

genus Sciaena, Sciaena - type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers

genus Micropogonias, Micropogonias - croakers

genus Umbrina, Umbrina - croakers

genus Menticirrhus, Menticirrhus - kingfishes; whiting

genus Genyonemus, Genyonemus - a genus of Sciaenidae

genus Seriphus, Seriphus - a genus of Sciaenidae

Cynoscion, genus Cynoscion - sea trout

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pardalis 2 6.3 0.02 Order Perciformes SuperOrder Percoidei Family Sciaenidae Pachyurus francisci (Cuvier, 1830)* (NT) -- -- -- SuperOrder Labroidei Family Cichlidae Subfamily Pseudocrenilabrinae Coptodon rendalli (Boulenger, 1897)** -- -- -- Subfamily Cichlinae Cichlasoma sanctifranciscense Kullander, 1983 11 70.7 1.50 Crenicichla aff.

Changes in fish assemblages caused by different Neotropical biomes

The family Sciaenidae was among the species targeted.

Population Dynamics of Pseudotolithus Senegalensis and Pseudotolithus Typus and Their Implications for Management and Conservation within the Coastal Waters of Liberia

Kabeljaauwens: fishes of the species Argyrosomus hololepidotus (family Sciaenidae)

Shockers of the salt-water kind-the tale concludes

(2006) reported a convergence evolution of distinct fishes of the family Sciaenidae in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Since the 1980s, many marine species of the family Sciaenidae have experienced increased popularity from recreational and commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico (Beckman et al., 1988; 1990).

Assessment of variation in age, growth, and prey of freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens) in the lower Missouri River

Delimiting spawning areas of weakfish Cynoscion regalis (Family Sciaenidae) in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina using passive hydroacoustic surveys.

Patterns of intra-estuarine movement of adult weakfish (Cynoscion regalis): evidence of site affinity at seasonal and diel scales

The Freshwater Drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is the only North American member of the family Sciaenidae that lives in freshwater.

Ontogeny of body shape and diet in Freshwater Drum (Aplodinotus grunniens)

The Gulf corvina, Cynoscion othonopterus (Jordan & Gilbert 1882), is a member of the family Sciaenidae and is endemic to the northern Gulf of California, the region north of latitude 28[degrees]61' S (Robertson and Allen 2008).

Growth, development, and reproduction in Gulf Corvina (Cynoscion othonopterus)

Family Sciaenidae was the second dominant family caught during the study period which contributed ~9% of all fishes caught with the total diversity value (H'=0.35).

Diversity and Community Composition of Fishes in Tropical Estuary Pahang Malaysia

Seasonal occurrence of larval and juvenile fishes in a Virginia Atlantic coastal estuary with emphasis on drums (family Sciaenidae).

Habitat use and diets of juvenile spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) and Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) in a small estuary at Mad Island Marsh, Texas

The family Sciaenidae, with approximately 287 species and 78 genera, includes mostly marine fishes and some genera with a secondary adaptation to estuarine and freshwater environments (Casatti, 2003).

Feeding ecology of Pachyurus bonariensis Steindachner, 1879 (Sciaenidae: Perciformes) in the Ibicui river, Southern Brazil: ontogenetic, seasonal and spatial variations/Ecologia trofica de Pachyurus bonariensis Steindachner, 1879 (Sciaenidae: Perciformes) no Rio Ibicui, sul do Brasil: variacoes ontogeneticas, sazonais e espaciais