Sciaenidae

Sciaenidae
Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Suborder: Sciaenoidei
Family: Sciaenidae
Cuvier, 1829[1]
Genera

About 66–70, see text

Sciaenidae is a family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the order Acanthuriformes.[2] They are commonly called drums or croakers[2][3] in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make.[4] The family consists of about 293[3] to 298 species[5] in about 66[3] or 67 genera.[2]

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ a b c J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  3. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2023). "Sciaenidae" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference BIoacoustics of Fishes of the Family Sciaenidae was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference CoF was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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