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Sciaenidae

Index Sciaenidae

The Sciaenidae are a family of fish commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make. [1]

68 relations: Argyrosomus, Atlantic croaker, Atractoscion, Bahaba, Bairdiella, Benthic zone, Black drum, Boesemania, Bottlenose dolphin, Carp, Cilus gilberti, Corvula, Cynoscion, Dorsal fin, Eocene, Equetus, Estrous cycle, Family (biology), Fish, Food and Agriculture Organization, Freshwater drum, Gar, Genus, Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Holocene, Ictiobus, Invertebrate, Jefitchia, Kingcroaker, Larimichthys, Larimichthys polyactis, Lonchurus, Mating call, Micropogonias, Miocene, Nebris, Neogene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Paleogene, Panna (genus), Pareques, Pareques acuminatus, Perciformes, Plagioscion, Pleistocene, Pseudotolithus, Pterotolithus, Quaternary, ..., Queenfish, Red drum, Robaloscion wieneri, Rough fish, Sciaena, Sciaenidae, South America, Southeast Asia, Spot (fish), Spotfin croaker, Spotted drum, Stellifer, Swim bladder, Tendon, Totoaba, Umbrina, Weakfish, White croaker. Expand index (18 more) »

Argyrosomus

Argyrosomus is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae.

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Atlantic croaker

The Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae and is closely related to the black drum (Pogonias cromis), the silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), the spot croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus), the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), and the weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).

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Atractoscion

Atractoscion is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.

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Bahaba

Bahaba is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Bairdiella

Bairdiella is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Benthic zone

The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean or a lake, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.

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Black drum

The black drum (Pogonias cromis), also known as the drum or drummer, is a saltwater fish similar to its cousin, the red drum.

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Boesemania

Boesemania is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Bottlenose dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins, the genus Tursiops, are the most common members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin.

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Carp

Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.

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Cilus gilberti

The corvina, also known as the corvina drum (Cilus gilberti), is a saltwater fish of the Sciaenidae family (commonly called croakers or drums).

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Corvula

Corvula is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Cynoscion

Cynoscion is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae.

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Dorsal fin

A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates such as fishes, cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), and the (extinct) ichthyosaur.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Equetus

Equetus is a genus of drumfishes found in the middle western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle or oestrus cycle (derived from Latin oestrus 'frenzy', originally from Greek οἶστρος oîstros 'gadfly') is the recurring physiological changes that are induced by reproductive hormones in most mammalian therian females.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Food and Agriculture Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.

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Freshwater drum

The freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, is a fish endemic to North and Central America.

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Gar

Gars (or garpike) are members of the Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes), an ancient holosteian order of ray-finned fish; fossils from this order are known from the Late Jurassic onwards.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Gulf of California

The Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez, Sea of Cortés or Vermilion Sea; locally known in the Spanish language as Mar de Cortés or Mar Bermejo or Golfo de California) is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California Peninsula from the Mexican mainland.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Ictiobus

Ictiobus, also known as buffalo fish or simply buffalo, is a genus of freshwater fish common in the United States, but also found in Canada, Mexico, and Guatemala.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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Jefitchia

Jefitchia is an extinct genus of prehistoric drum.

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Kingcroaker

The kingcroakers, also known as kingfish, are a genus of fish, Menticirrhus, in the family Sciaenidae.

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Larimichthys

Larimichthys is a genus of ray-finned saltwater fishes commonly known as yellow croakers.

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Larimichthys polyactis

Larimichthys polyactis, called the redlip croaker, small yellow croaker, little yellow croaker or yellow corvina, is a species of croaker native to the western Pacific, generally in temperate waters such as the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

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Lonchurus

Lonchurus is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Mating call

A mating call is the auditory signal used by animals to attract mates.

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Micropogonias

Micropogonias is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae (Croakers).

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Nebris

Nebris is a small genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Neogene

The Neogene (informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene; informally Lower Tertiary or Early Tertiary) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Mya.

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Panna (genus)

Panna is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Pareques

Pareques is a genus of fish of the family Sciaenidae in the order of the Perciformes.

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Pareques acuminatus

Pareques acuminatus, (the high-hat, cubbyu, streaked ribbonfish or striped drum), is a small fish, usually between 6 and 9 inches, that can occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and the Bahamas.

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Perciformes

Perciformes, also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish.

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Plagioscion

Plagioscion is a genus of hardheads, ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pseudotolithus

Pseudotolithus is a genus of croaker or bar, ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Pterotolithus

Pterotolithus is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Quaternary

Quaternary is the current and most recent of the three periods of the Cenozoic Era in the geologic time scale of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS).

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Queenfish

The queenfish (Seriphus politus) is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

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Red drum

The red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), also known as channel bass, redfish, puppy drum spottail bass, or simply red, is a game fish found in the Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida and in the Gulf of Mexico from Florida to northern Mexico.

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Robaloscion wieneri

Robaloscion wieneri is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae.It is the only member of its genus.

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Rough fish

Rough fish (or the slang trash fish or dirt fish) is a term used by U.S. state agencies and U.S. anglers to describe fish that are less desirable to sport anglers within a limited region.

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Sciaena

Sciaena is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Sciaenidae

The Sciaenidae are a family of fish commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make.

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia.

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Spot (fish)

The Spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) or Norfolk spot is a small short-lived saltwater fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Spotfin croaker

Spotfin croaker (Roncador stearnsii) is a species of croaker occurring from Mazatlán, Mexico, to Point Conception, California, including the Gulf of California.

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Spotted drum

The spotted drum or spotted ribbonfish (Equetus punctatus), is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae.

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Stellifer

Stellifer is a genus of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

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Swim bladder

The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish (but not cartilaginous fish) to control their buoyancy, and thus to stay at their current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming.

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Tendon

A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension.

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Totoaba

The totoaba or totuava (Totoaba macdonaldi) is a marine fish, the largest member of the drum family Sciaenidae, that is endemic to the Gulf of California in Mexico.

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Umbrina

Umbrina is a genus of fish from the croaker family Sciaenidae.

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Weakfish

The weakfish, Cynoscion regalis, is a marine fish of the drum family Sciaenidae.

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White croaker

White croaker (Genyonemus lineatus) is a species of croaker occurring in the Eastern Pacific.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciaenidae

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