Sciaenidae

168 species in this family

The Sciaenidae family includes 168 species in the guide. Browse them all below with photos, identification details and distribution — and identify them in the field with the Fin's Fish Guide app.

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Acoupa weakfish

Cynoscion acoupa

Sciaenidae

Amazon weakfish

Macrodon mordax

Sciaenidae

American stardrum

Stellifer lanceolatus

Sciaenidae

Angel croaker

Paralonchurus goodei

Sciaenidae

Angola croaker

Miracorvina angolensis

Sciaenidae

Armed croaker

Bairdiella armata

Sciaenidae

Atlantic croaker

Micropogonias undulatus

Sciaenidae

Australian croaker

Johnius australis

Sciaenidae

Bairdiella

Bairdiella icistia

Sciaenidae

Banana jew

Nibea soldado

Sciaenidae

Banded croaker (Cheilotrema fasciatum)

Sciaenidae

Banded croaker (Paralonchurus dumerilii)

Sciaenidae

Banded croaker (Paralonchurus brasiliensis)

Sciaenidae

Banded drum (Larimus fasciatus)

Sciaenidae

Banded drum (Pogonias cromis)

Sciaenidae

Bangamary

Macrodon ancylodon

Sciaenidae

Bangamarymother

Cynoscion virescens

Sciaenidae

Barbel drum

Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus

Sciaenidae

Bashaw

Micropogonias furnieri

Sciaenidae

Bastard trout (Cynoscion nothus)

Sciaenidae

Bastard trout (Cynoscion regalis)

Sciaenidae

Bauchot's croaker

Paranebris bauchotae

Sciaenidae

Bearded croaker (Johnius dussumieri)

Sciaenidae

Bearded croaker (Johnius amblycephalus)

Sciaenidae

Bearded umbrine

Umbrina cirrosa

Sciaenidae

Belangeri croaker

Johnius belangerii

Sciaenidae

Berrugato panameño

Menticirrhus panamensis

Sciaenidae

Berrugato real

Menticirrhus nasus

Sciaenidae

Big head croaker

Collichthys lucidus

Sciaenidae

Bigeye corvina

Isopisthus remifer

Sciaenidae

Bigeye croaker

Micropogonias megalops

Sciaenidae

Bighead pennah croaker

Pennahia macrocephalus

Sciaenidae

Bigtooth corvina

Isopisthus parvipinnis

Sciaenidae

Bigtooth croaker

Pentheroscion mbizi

Sciaenidae

Black croaker (Plagioscion auratus)

Sciaenidae

Black croaker (Cheilotrema saturnum)

Sciaenidae

Blackbar drum

Pareques iwamotoi

Sciaenidae

Blackmouth croaker

Atrobucca nibe

Sciaenidae

Blackspotted croaker

Protonibea diacanthus

Sciaenidae

Blotched croaker

Nibea maculata

Sciaenidae

Bluestreak drum

Elattarchus archidium

Sciaenidae

Bobo croaker

Pseudotolithus elongatus

Sciaenidae

Boe drum

Pteroscion peli

Sciaenidae

Boeseman croaker

Boesemania microlepis

Sciaenidae

Borneo croaker

Johnius borneensis

Sciaenidae

Branched bahaba

Bahaba polykladiskos

Sciaenidae

Brazilian stardrum

Stellifer brasiliensis

Sciaenidae

Bronze croaker

Otolithoides biauritus

Sciaenidae

Brown large-eyed croaker

Odontoscion dentex

Sciaenidae

Brown meagre

Sciaena umbra

Sciaenidae

Butterfish (Nebris microps)

Sciaenidae

Cachema weakfish

Cynoscion phoxocephalus

Sciaenidae

California corbina

Menticirrhus undulatus

Sciaenidae

Cameroon croaker

Pseudotolithus moorii

Sciaenidae

Canary drum

Umbrina canariensis

Sciaenidae

Cassava croaker

Pseudotolithus senegalensis

Sciaenidae

Chinese bahaba

Bahaba taipingensis

Sciaenidae

Chubbuyu

Pareques umbrosus

Sciaenidae

Cluck

Pareques acuminatus

Sciaenidae

Coitor croaker

Johnius coitor

Sciaenidae

Colon stardrum

Stellifer colonensis

Sciaenidae

Common Peruvian weakfish

Cynoscion analis

Sciaenidae

Common yellowtail croaker

Umbrina xanti

Sciaenidae

Corvina

Cynoscion parvipinnis

Sciaenidae

Corvina drum

Cilus gilberti

Sciaenidae

Croaker (Umbrina roncador)

Sciaenidae

Croaker (Argyrosomus regius)

Sciaenidae

Croaker (Johnius elongatus)

Sciaenidae

Croaker (Otolithes ruber)

Sciaenidae

Croaker (Roncador stearnsii)

Sciaenidae

Croaker (Genyonemus lineatus)

Sciaenidae

Croceine croaker

Larimichthys crocea

Sciaenidae

Cuja croaker

Macrospinosa cuja

Sciaenidae

Donkey croaker

Pennahia anea

Sciaenidae

Drum (Equetus punctatus)

Sciaenidae

Drum (Umbrina coroides)

Sciaenidae

Finescale croaker

Ophioscion punctatissimus

Sciaenidae

Freshwater drum

Aplodinotus grunniens

Sciaenidae

Fusca drum

Umbrina ronchus

Sciaenidae

Galapagos drum

Umbrina wintersteeni

Sciaenidae

Geelbek croaker

Atractoscion aequidens

Sciaenidae

Goatee croaker

Dendrophysa russelii

Sciaenidae

Golden croaker

Micropogonias altipinnis

Sciaenidae

Ground croaker

Bairdiella ronchus

Sciaenidae

Gulf kingcroaker

Menticirrhus littoralis

Sciaenidae

Gungo highhat

Pareques viola

Sciaenidae

Guyanan croaker

Pachypops fourcroi

Sciaenidae

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Hollow stardrum

Stellifer ericymba

Sciaenidae

Jackknife-fish

Equetus lanceolatus

Sciaenidae

Jamaica weakfish

Cynoscion jamaicensis

Sciaenidae

Karut croaker

Johnius carutta

Sciaenidae

Kathala croaker

Kathala axillaris

Sciaenidae

Kingfish (Menticirrhus saxatilis)

Sciaenidae

La Plata croaker

Pachyurus bonariensis

Sciaenidae

Law croaker

Pseudotolithus senegallus

Sciaenidae

Lesser tigertooth croaker

Otolithes cuvieri

Sciaenidae

Longfin croaker (Umbrina dorsalis)

Sciaenidae

Longfin croaker (Paralonchurus petersii)

Sciaenidae

Longneck croaker

Pseudotolithus typus

Sciaenidae

Lorna drum

Sciaena deliciosa

Sciaenidae

Maned croaker

Aspericorvina jubata

Sciaenidae

Mi-iuy croaker

Miichthys miiuy

Sciaenidae

Mimic croaker

Ophioscion simulus

Sciaenidae

Minor stardrum

Stellifer minor

Sciaenidae

Nibe croaker

Nibea mitsukurii

Sciaenidae

Norton's weakfish

Cynoscion nortoni

Sciaenidae

Obliquemouth croaker

Johnius plagiostoma

Sciaenidae

Orangemouth corvina

Cynoscion xanthulus

Sciaenidae

Oval croaker

Pennahia ovata

Sciaenidae

Pacific belted croaker

Paralonchurus rathbuni

Sciaenidae

Pacific drum

Larimus pacificus

Sciaenidae

Pacific kingcroaker

Menticirrhus elongatus

Sciaenidae

Pacific smalleye croaker

Nebris occidentalis

Sciaenidae

Pacora

Plagioscion squamosissimus

Sciaenidae

Pacora croaker

Plagioscion surinamensis

Sciaenidae

Paita kingcroaker

Menticirrhus paitensis

Sciaenidae

Pama croaker

Otolithoides pama

Sciaenidae

Panna croaker

Panna microdon

Sciaenidae

Peruvian banded croaker

Paralonchurus peruanus

Sciaenidae

Peruvian barbeled drum

Ctenosciaena peruviana

Sciaenidae

Peruvian drum

Sciaena callaensis

Sciaenidae

Point-nosed croaker

Ophioscion typicus

Sciaenidae

Point-Tuza croaker

Ophioscion scierus

Sciaenidae

Queen corvina

Cynoscion albus

Sciaenidae

Queenfish

Seriphus politus

Sciaenidae

Rake drum

Stellifer rastrifer

Sciaenidae

Red drum

Sciaenops ocellatus

Sciaenidae

Roughhead croaker

Johnius trachycephalus

Sciaenidae

Rounded stardrum

Stellifer fuerthii

Sciaenidae

Sand seatrout

Cynoscion arenarius

Sciaenidae

Scaly croaker

Nibea squamosa

Sciaenidae

Scalyfin corvina

Cynoscion squamipinnis

Sciaenidae

Searobin highhat

Pareques lanfeari

Sciaenidae

Seatrout

Atractoscion nobilis

Sciaenidae

Shining drum

Larimus effulgens

Sciaenidae

Shorthead drum

Larimus breviceps

Sciaenidae

Shortnose stardrum

Stellifer chrysoleuca

Sciaenidae

Silver croaker

Pennahia argentata

Sciaenidae

Silver drum

Larimus argenteus

Sciaenidae

Silver perch

Bairdiella chrysoura

Sciaenidae

Silver stardrum

Stellifer illecebrosus

Sciaenidae

Slender croaker

Micropogonias ectenes

Sciaenidae

Smalleye drum

Stellifer microps

Sciaenidae

Smallscale weakfish

Cynoscion microlepidotus

Sciaenidae

Smalltooth weakfish

Cynoscion steindachneri

Sciaenidae

Smith's croaker

Pseudotolithus epipercus

Sciaenidae

Smooth croaker

Johnius laevis

Sciaenidae

Smooth weakfish

Cynoscion leiarchus

Sciaenidae

Southern kingcroaker

Menticirrhus americanus

Sciaenidae

Southern meagre

Argyrosomus hololepidotus

Sciaenidae

Spot croaker

Leiostomus xanthurus

Sciaenidae

Spotted seatrout

Cynoscion nebulosus

Sciaenidae

Squint-eyed croaker

Ophioscion strabo

Sciaenidae

Steeplined drum

Larimus acclivis

Sciaenidae

Steindachner's drum

Umbrina steindachneri

Sciaenidae

Stolzmann's weakfish

Cynoscion stolzmanni

Sciaenidae

Striped corvina

Cynoscion reticulatus

Sciaenidae

Striped drum

Umbrina broussonnetii

Sciaenidae

Swordpsine croaker

Bairdiella ensifera

Sciaenidae

Ternetz's croaker

Plagioscion ternetzi

Sciaenidae

Tonkin weakfish

Cynoscion similis

Sciaenidae

Totoaba

Totoaba macdonaldi

Sciaenidae

Vacuocua croaker

Corvula macrops

Sciaenidae

Vermiculated croaker

Ophioscion vermicularis

Sciaenidae

Yawning stardrum

Stellifer oscitans

Sciaenidae

Yellow croaker

Larimichthys polyactis

Sciaenidae

Yellow drum

Nibea albiflora

Sciaenidae

Yelloweye croaker

Odontoscion xanthops

Sciaenidae