Atlantic croaker

Atlantic croaker
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Sciaenidae
Genus:	Micropogonias
Species:	M. undulatus
Binomial name
Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms[2]
Perca undulata Linnaeus, 1766 Micropogon undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) Sciaena croker Lacépède, 1802 Bodianus costatus Mitchill, 1815 Micropogon lineatus Cuvier, 1830

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). It is commonly found in sounds and estuaries from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico.