Sciaenids of the Northwest Atlantic
Species Summaries:
Aplodinotus grunniens
(freshwater drum)
Bairdiella chrysoura
(silver perch)
Cynoscion arenarius
(sand seatrout)
Cynoscion nebulosus
(spotted seatrout)
Cynoscion nothus
(silver seatrout)
Cynoscion regalis
(weakfish)
Equetus iwamotoi
(blackbar drum)
Equetus lanceolatus
(jackknife fish)
Equetus punctatus
(spotted drum)
Equetus umbrosus
(cubbyu)
Larimus fasciatus
(banded drum)
Leiostomus xanthurus
(spot)
Menticirrhus americanus
(southern kingfish)
Menticirrhus littoralis
(Gulf kingfish)
Menticirrhus saxatilis
(northern kingfish)
Micropogonias undulatus
(Atlantic croaker)
Odontoscion dentex
(reef croaker)
Pogonias cromis
(black drum)
Sciaenops ocellatus
(red drum)
Stellifer lanceolatus
(star drum)
Umbrina coroides
(sand drum)
Created: 25 June 1998
Last Modified: 27 July 2002