#sciaenid_fish__sciaenid widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
supertype: #percoid_fish__percoidfish__percoid__percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
member of: #family_Sciaenidae
subtype: #drumfish__drum small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
subtype: #striped_drum__stripeddrum__Equetus_pulcher a kind of drumfish
subtype: #jackknife-fish__jackknifefish__Equetus_lanceolatus black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin
subtype: #silver_perch__mademoiselle__Bairdiella_chrysoura small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
subtype: #red_drum__reddrum__channel_bass__redfish__Sciaenops_ocellatus large edible fish found off coast of United States from Massachusetts to Mexico
subtype: #mulloway__jewfish__sciaenaantarctica large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
subtype: #maigre__maiger__Sciaena_aquila large European marine food fish
subtype: #croaker any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
subtype: #Atlantic_croaker__Micropogonias_undulatus silvery-bodied with dark markings and tiny barbels
subtype: #yellowfin_croaker__yellowfincroaker__surffish__surf_fish__Umbrina_roncador fish of North American Pacific coast
subtype: #chenfish__white_croaker__whitecroaker__kingfish__Genyonemus_lineatus small silvery marine food fish found off California
subtype: #white_croaker__whitecroaker__queenfish__Seriphus_politus silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters
subtype: #whiting any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
subtype: #kingfish any of several food and game fishes of the drum family indigenous to warm Atlantic waters of the North American coast
subtype: #king_whiting__Menticirrhus_americanus whiting of the southeastern coast of North America
subtype: #northern_whiting__Menticirrhus_saxatilis whiting of the east coast of United States; closely resembles king whiting
subtype: #corbina__menticirrhusundulatu bluish-gray whiting of California coast
subtype: #silver_whiting__Menticirrhus_littoralis a dull silvery whiting of southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States
subtype: #sea_trout.sciaenid_fish__seatrout any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
subtype: #Cynoscion_regalis__weakfish food and game fish of North American coastal waters with a mouth from which hooks easily tear out
subtype: #spotted_weakfish__spottedweakfish__spotted_sea_trout__spottedseatrout__spotted_squeateague__spottedsqueateague__Cynoscion_nebulosus weakfish of southern Atlantic and Gulf coasts of United States
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