Kinds of Fish

Species listed are from www.fishbase.org

Scientific name -- Other names
Sciaenidae -- Drums or Croakers
   Aplodinotus grunniens Rafinesque, 1819 -- Freshwater Drum
   Argyrosomus amoyensis (Bleeker, 1863) -- Amoy Croaker
   Argyrosomus beccus Sasaki, 1994
   Argyrosomus coronus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995 -- Dusky Kob
   Argyrosomus heinii (Steindachner, 1902) -- Arabian Sea Meagre
   Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepede, 1801) -- Southern Meagre
   Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995 -- Mild Meagre
   Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) -- Japanese Meagre
   Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) -- Meagre
   Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977 -- Squaretail Kob
   Aspericorvina jubata (Bleeker, 1855) -- Prickly Croaker
   Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830) -- Geelbeck Croaker
   Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres, 1860) -- White Weakfish
   Atrobucca adusta Sasaki and Kailola, 1988 -- Scorched Croaker
   Atrobucca alcocki Talwar, 1980
   Atrobucca antonbruun Sasaki, 1995
   Atrobucca bengalensis Sasaki, 1995
   Atrobucca brevis Sasaki and Kailola, 1988
   Atrobucca geniae Ben-Tuvia and Trewavas, 1987
   Atrobucca kyushini Sasaki and Kailola, 1988 -- Black-spot Croaker
   Atrobucca marleyi (Norman, 1922) -- African Blackmouth Croaker
   Atrobucca nibe (Jordan and Thompson, 1911) -- Longfin Kob
   Atrobucca trewavasae Talwar and Sathirajan, 1975
   Austronibea oedogenys Trewavas, 1977 -- Yellowtail Croaker
   Bahaba chaptis (Hamilton, 1822) -- Chaptis Bahaba
   Bahaba polykladiskos (Bleeker, 1852) -- Spine Bahaba
   Bahaba taipingensis (Herre, 1932) -- Chinese Bahaba
   Bairdiella armata Gill, 1863 -- Armed Croaker
   Bairdiella batabana (Poey, 1860) -- Blue Croaker
   Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepede, 1802) -- Silver Croaker
   Bairdiella ensifera (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Swordspine Croaker
   Bairdiella icistia (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Ronco Croaker; Bairdiella
   Bairdiella ronchus (Cuvier, 1830) -- Ground Croaker
   Bairdiella sanctaeluciae (Jordan, 1890) -- Striped Croaker
   Boesemania microlepis (Bleeker, 1858) -- Boeseman Croaker
   Cheilotrema saturnum (Girard, 1858) -- Black Croaker
   Chrysochir aureus (Richardson, 1846) -- Reeves Croaker
   Cilus gilberti (Abbott, 1899) -- Corvina
   Collichthys lucidus (Richardson, 1844)
   Collichthys niveatus Jordan and Starks, 1906
   Corvula macrops (Steindachner, 1876) -- Vacuocua Croaker
   Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus (Metzelaar, 1919) -- Barbel Drum
   Ctenosciaena peruviana -- Peruvian Barbel Drum
   Cynoscion acoupa (Lacepede, 1801) -- Acoupa Weakfish
   Cynoscion albus (Gunther, 1864) -- Whitefin Weakfish
   Cynoscion analis (Jenyns, 1842) -- Peruvian Weakfish
   Cynoscion arenarius Ginsburg, 1930 -- Sand Weakfish
   Cynoscion guatucupa (Cuvier, 1830)
   Cynoscion jamaicensis (Vaillant and Bocourt, 1883) -- Jamaica Weakfish
   Cynoscion leiarchus (Cuvier, 1830) -- Smooth Weakfish
   Cynoscion microlepidotus (Cuvier, 1830) -- Smallscale Weakfish
   Cynoscion nannus Castro-Aguirre and Arvizu-Martinez, 1976 -- Dwarf Weakfish
   Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier, 1830) -- Spotted Weakfish; Spotted Seatrout
   Cynoscion nortoni Béarez, 2001Vertebrata/Fish/Sciaenidae -- Species
   Cynoscion nothus
   Cynoscion othonopterus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Gulf Weakfish; Scaly Corvina
   Cynoscion parvipinnis Ayres, 1861 -- Shortfin Weakfish; Shortfin Corvina
   Cynoscion phoxocephalus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Cachema Weakfish
   Cynoscion praedatorius (Jordan and Gilbert, 1889) -- Boccone Weakfish
   Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Gray Weakfish
   Cynoscion reticulatus (Gunther, 1864) -- Striped Weakfish
   Cynoscion similis Randall and Cervigón, 1968 -- Tonkin Weakfish
   Cynoscion squamipinnis (Gunther, 1867) -- Weakfish
   Cynoscion steindachneri (Jordan, 1889) -- Smalltooth Weakfish
   Cynoscion stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1879) -- Stolzmanns Weakfish
   Cynoscion striatus (Cuvier, 1829) -- South American Striped Weakfish
   Cynoscion virescens (Cuvier, 1830) -- Green Weakfish
   Cynoscion xanthulus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Orangemouth Weakfish; Orangemouth Corvina
   Daysciaena albida (Cuvier, 1830) -- Bengal Corvina
   Dendrophysa russelii (Cuvier, 1829) -- Goatee Croaker
   Elattarchus archidium (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Bluestreak Drum
   Equetus lanceolatus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Jack-knifefish
   Equetus punctatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Spotted Drum
   Genyonemus lineatus (Ayres, 1855) -- White Croaker
   Isopisthus parvipinnis (Cuvier, 1830) -- Bigtooth Corvina
   Isopisthus remifer Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Silver Weakfish
   Johnius amblycephalus (Bleeker, 1855) -- Bearded Croaker
   Johnius australis (Gunther, 1880) -- Bottlenose Jewfish
   Johnius belangerii (Cuvier, 1830) -- Belangers Croaker
   Johnius borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) -- Sharpnose Hammer Croaker
   Johnius cantori Bleeker, 1874
   Johnius carouna (Cuvier, 1830) -- Caroun Croaker
   Johnius carutta Bloch, 1793 -- Karut Croaker
   Johnius coitor (Hamilton, 1822) -- Coitor Croaker
   Johnius distinctus (Tanaka, 1916)
   Johnius dorsalis (Peters, 1855) -- Small Kob
   Johnius dussumieri (Cuvier, 1830) -- Sin Croaker
   Johnius elongatus Mohan, 1976 -- Spindle Croaker
   Johnius fasciatus Chu, Lo and Wu, 1963
   Johnius fuscolineatus (von Bonde, 1923) -- Bellfish
   Johnius gangeticus Talwar, 1991
   Johnius glaucus (Day, 1876) -- Pale Spotfin Croaker
   Johnius goldmanni (Bleeker, 1854)
   Johnius grypotus (Richardson, 1846)
   Johnius heterolepis Bleeker, 1873 -- Large-scale Croaker
   Johnius hypostoma (Bleeker, 1853) -- Small-mouth Croaker
   Johnius laevis Sasaki and Kailola, 1991 -- Smooth Croaker
   Johnius latifrons Sasaki, 1992 -- Broad-head Croaker
   Johnius macropterus (Bleeker, 1853) -- Largefin Croaker
   Johnius macrorhynus (Mohan, 1976) -- Big-snout Croaker
   Johnius mannarensis Mohan, 1971 -- Mannar Croaker
   Johnius novaeguineae (Nichols, 1950) -- Paperhead Croaker
   Johnius novaehollandiae (Steindachner, 1866)
   Johnius pacificus Hardenberg, 1941 -- Pacific Croaker
   Johnius philippinus Sasaki, 1999
   Johnius plagiostoma (Bleeker, 1849) -- Large-eye Croaker
   Johnius trachycephalus (Bleeker, 1851) -- Leaftail Croaker
   Johnius trewavasae Sasaki, 1992 -- Trewavas Croaker
   Johnius weberi Hardenberg, 1936 -- Webers Croaker
   Kathala axillaris (Cuvier, 1830) -- Kathala Croaker
   Larimichthys crocea (Richardson, 1846) -- Croceine Croaker
   Larimichthys pamoides (Munro, 1964) -- Southern Yellow Croaker
   Larimichthys polyactis (Bleeker, 1877) -- Yellow Croaker
   Larimus acclivis Jordan and Bristol, 1898 -- Steeplined Drum
   Larimus argenteus (Gill, 1863) -- Silver Drum
   Larimus breviceps Cuvier, 1830 -- Shorthead Drum
   Larimus effulgens Gilbert, 1898 -- Shining Drum
   Larimus fasciatus Holbrook, 1855 -- Banded Drum
   Larimus pacificus Jordan and Bollman, 1890 -- Pacific Drum
   Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepede, 1802 -- Spot Croaker; Spot
   Lonchurus elegans (Boeseman, 1948) -- Blackfin Croaker
   Lonchurus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1788) -- Longtail Croaker
   Macrodon ancylodon (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- King Weakfish
   Macrodon mordax (Gilbert and Starks, 1904) -- Dogteeth Weakfish
   Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton, 1822)
   Megalonibea fusca Chu, Lo and Wu, 1963
   Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Southern Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus elongatus (Gunther, 1864) -- Pacific Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1855) -- Gulf Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus nasus (Gunther, 1868) -- Highfin King Croaker; Corbina
   Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840) -- Snakehead Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus paitensis Hildebrand, 1946 -- Paita Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus panamensis (Steindachner, 1877) -- Panama Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Northern Kingcroaker
   Menticirrhus undulatus (Girard, 1854) -- California Kingcroaker; California Corbina
   Micropogonias altipinnis (Gunther, 1864) -- Tallfin Croaker
   Micropogonias ectenes (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Slender Croaker
   Micropogonias fasciatus (de Buen, 1961)
   Micropogonias furnieri (Desmarest, 1823) -- Whitemouth Croaker
   Micropogonias manni (Moreno, 1970)
   Micropogonias megalops (Gilbert, 1890) -- Bigeye Croaker; Croaker
   Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Atlantic Croaker
   Miichthys miiuy (Basilewsky, 1855) -- Mi-iuy Croaker
   Miracorvina angolensis (Norman, 1935) -- Angola Croaker
   Nebris microps Cuvier, 1830 -- Smalleye Croaker
   Nebris occidentalis Vaillant, 1897 -- Pacific Smalleye Croaker
   Nibea albiflora (Richardson, 1846) -- White Flower Croaker
   Nibea chui Trewavas, 1971 -- Chus Croaker
   Nibea leptolepis (Ogilby, 1918) -- Small Scale Croaker
   Nibea maculata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Blotched Croaker
   Nibea microgenys Sasaki, 1992 -- Small-jaw Croaker
   Nibea mitsukurii (Jordan and Snyder, 1900) -- Nibe Croaker
   Nibea semifasciata Chu, Lo and Wu, 1963 -- Sharpnose Croaker
   Nibea soldado (Lacepede, 1802) -- Soldier Croaker
   Nibea squamosa Sasaki, 1992 -- Scale Croaker
   Odontoscion dentex (Cuvier, 1830) -- Reef Croaker
   Odontoscion eurymesops (Heller and Snodgrass, 1903) -- Galapagos Croaker
   Odontoscion xanthops Gilbert, 1898 -- Yelloweye Croaker
   Ophioscion adustus (Agassiz, 1831) -- Croaker
   Ophioscion costaricensis Caldwell, 1958
   Ophioscion imiceps (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Blinkard Croaker
   Ophioscion panamensis Schultz, 1945 -- Panama Croaker
   Ophioscion punctatissimus Meek and Hildebrand, 1925 -- Spotted Croaker
   Ophioscion scierus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1884) -- Point-Tuza Croaker
   Ophioscion simulus Gilbert, 1898 -- Snub-nosed Croaker
   Ophioscion strabo Gilbert, 1897 -- Squint-eyed Croaker
   Ophioscion typicus Gill, 1863 -- Point-nosed Croaker
   Ophioscion vermicularis (Gunther, 1867) -- Vermiculated Croaker
   Otolithes cuvieri Trewavas, 1974 -- Lesser Tigertooth Croaker
   Otolithes ruber (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- Tiger-toothed Croaker
   Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor, 1849) -- Bronze Croaker
   Otolithoides pama (Hamilton, 1822) -- Pama Croaker
   Pachypops fourcroi (Lacepede, 1802) -- Guyanan Croaker
   Pachypops trifilis (Müller and Troschel, 1848)
   Pachyurus adspersus Steindachner, 1879 -- Brazilian Croaker
   Pachyurus bonariensis Steindachner, 1879 -- La Plata Croaker
   Pachyurus francisci (Cuvier, 1830) -- San Francisco Croaker
   Pachyurus paucirastrus Aguilera, 1983
   Pachyurus schomburgkii Gunther, 1860 -- Amazon Croaker
   Pachyurus squamipennis Agassiz, 1831
   Panna heterolepis Trewavas, 1977 -- Hooghly Croaker
   Panna microdon (Bleeker, 1849) -- Panna Croaker
   Panna perarmatus (Chabanaud, 1926) -- Armour Croaker
   Paralonchurus brasiliensis (Steindachner, 1875) -- Banded Croaker
   Paralonchurus dumerilii (Bocourt, 1869) -- Suco Croaker
   Paralonchurus goodei Gilbert, 1898 -- Goode Croaker
   Paralonchurus peruanus (Steindachner, 1875) -- Peruvian Banded Croaker
   Paralonchurus petersii Bocourt, 1869 -- Peters Banded Croaker
   Paralonchurus rathbuni (Jordan and Bollman, 1890) -- Bearded Banded Croaker
   Paranebris bauchotae Chao, Béarez and Robertson, 2001
   Paranibea semiluctuosa (Cuvier, 1830) -- Half-mourning Croaker
   Pareques acuminatus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) -- High-hat
   Pareques fuscovittatus (Kendall and Radcliffe, 1912) -- Fusco Drum
   Pareques iwamotoi (Miller and Woods, 1988) -- Blackbar Drum; Equetus iwamotoi
   Pareques lanfeari (Barton, 1947) -- Royal Highhat
   Pareques perissa (Heller and Snodgrass, 1903) -- Odd Highhat
   Pareques umbrosus (Jordan and Eigenmann, 1889) -- Cubbyu
   Pareques viola (Gilbert, 1898) -- Gungo Highhat
   Pennahia anea (Bloch, 1793) -- Greyfin Croaker
   Pennahia argentata (Houttuyn, 1782) -- White Croaker
   Pennahia macrocephalus (Tang, 1937) -- Big-head Pennah Croaker
   Pennahia ovata Sasaki, 1996
   Pennahia pawak (Lin, 1940) -- Pawak Croaker
   Pentheroscion mbizi (Poll, 1950) -- Blackmouth Croaker
   Petilipinnis grunniens (Jardine and Schomburgk, 1843)
   Plagioscion auratus (Castelnau, 1855) -- Black Curbinata
   Plagioscion casattii Aguilera and Rodrigues de Aguilera, 2001
   Plagioscion pauciradiatus Steindachner, 1917
   Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840) -- South American Silver Croaker
   Plagioscion surinamensis (Bleeker, 1873) -- Pacora
   Plagioscion ternetzi Boulenger, 1895
   Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Black Drum
   Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepede, 1802) -- Blackspotted Croaker
   Protosciaena trewavasae (Chao and Miller, 1975) -- New Grenada Drum
   Pseudotolithus elongatus (Bowdich, 1825) -- Bobo Croaker
   Pseudotolithus epipercus (Bleeker, 1863) -- Guinea Croaker
   Pseudotolithus moorii (Gunther, 1865) -- Cameroon Croaker
   Pseudotolithus senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833) -- Cassava Croaker
   Pseudotolithus senegallus (Cuvier, 1830) -- Law Croaker
   Pseudotolithus typus Bleeker, 1863 -- Longneck Croaker
   Pteroscion peli (Bleeker, 1863) -- Boe Drum
   Pterotolithus lateoides (Bleeker, 1850) -- Bigmouth Croaker
   Pterotolithus maculatus (Cuvier, 1830) -- Blotched Tiger-toothed Croaker
   Roncador stearnsii (Steindachner, 1876) -- Spotfin Croaker
   Sciaena bathytatos Chao and Miller, 1975 -- Deepwater Drum
   Sciaena callaensis Hildebrand, 1946
   Sciaena deliciosa (Tschudi, 1846)
   Sciaena fasciata (Tschudi, 1846)
   Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758 -- Brown Meagre
   Sciaena wieneri Sauvage, 1883
   Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1766) -- Red Drum
   Seriphus politus Ayres, 1860 -- Queen Croaker
   Sonorolux fluminis Trewavas, 1977 -- Estuary Croaker
   Stellifer brasiliensis (Schultz, 1945)
   Stellifer chaoi Aguilera, Solano and Valdez, 1983
   Stellifer chrysoleuca (Gunther, 1867) -- Shortnose Stardrum
   Stellifer colonensis Meek and Hildebrand, 1925 -- Stardrum
   Stellifer ephelis
   Stellifer ericymba (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Hollow Stardrum
   Stellifer fuerthii (Steindachner, 1876) -- White Stardrum
   Stellifer griseus Cervigón, 1966 -- Gray Stardrum
   Stellifer illecebrosus Gilbert, 1898 -- Silver Stardrum
   Stellifer lanceolatus (Holbrook, 1855) -- American Stardrum
   Stellifer magoi Anguilera, 1983
   Stellifer mancorensis -- Smooth Stardrum
   Stellifer melanocheir Eigenmann, 1918 -- Black Stardrum
   Stellifer microps (Steindachner, 1864) -- Smalleye Stardrum
   Stellifer minor (Tschudi, 1846) -- Minor Stardrum
   Stellifer naso (Jordan, 1889)
   Stellifer oscitans (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) -- Yawning Stardrum
   Stellifer pizarroensis Hildebrand, 1946 -- Pizzaro Stardrum
   Stellifer rastrifer (Jordan, 1889) -- Rake Stardrum
   Stellifer stellifer (Bloch, 1790) -- Little Croaker
   Stellifer venezuelae (Schultz, 1945)
   Stellifer walkeri Chao, 2001
   Stellifer wintersteenorum Chao, 2001
   Stellifer zestocarus Gilbert, 1898 -- Softhead Stardrum
   Totoaba macdonaldi (Gilbert, 1890) -- Totoaba; Totuava
   Umbrina analis Gunther, 1868 -- Longspine Drum
   Umbrina broussonnetii Cuvier, 1830 -- Striped Drum
   Umbrina bussingi -- Bussings Drum
   Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 -- Canary Drum
   Umbrina canosai Berg, 1895 -- Argentine Croaker
   Umbrina cirrosa (Linnaeus, 1758) -- Shi Drum
   Umbrina coroides Cuvier, 1830 -- Sand Drum
   Umbrina dorsalis Gill, 1862 -- Longfin Drum
   Umbrina galapagorum Steindachner, 1878 -- Galpagos Drum
   Umbrina imberbis Gunther, 1873
   Umbrina milliae Miller, 1971
   Umbrina reedi Gunther, 1880
   Umbrina roncador Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 -- Yellowfin Drum
   Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843 -- Fusca Drum
   Umbrina steindachneri Cadenat, 1951 -- Steindachners Drum
   Umbrina wintersteeni Walker and Radford, 1992 -- Wintersteen Drum
   Umbrina xanti Gill, 1862 -- Polla Drum

Updated: 2015-05-06 21:40:39

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