Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Perciformes

Sciaenidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835
Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
Pseudotolithus Bleeker, 1863
Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
Umbrina Cuvier, 1816

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): ørnefiskfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: ombervissen sources: Rappé, G. (2002). Eerste vangst van Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766), een Amerikaanse vis, in Belgische en Europese wateren [First catch of Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766), an American fish, in Belgian and European waters]. De Strandvlo 22(3-4): 119-121

English: drums or croakers sources: MASDEA (1997).

Norwegian: ørnefiskfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: ørnefiskfamilien

Norwegian Nynorsk: ørnefiskfamilien

Nynorsk (Norwegian): ørnefiskfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: havsgösfiskar

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Sciaenidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125558