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

Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sciaena*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: korbi i zi sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Dutch: zeeraaf; zwarte ombervis 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;Davidson, A. (2003). Mediterranean fish cookbook [Mediterraan viskookboek]. Pereboom: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-77455-10-8. 436 pp.

English: brown meagre sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Brown Meagre sources: Charles Hussey

French: corb sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Σκιός sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Israel (Hebrew): אוכם גדול-קוץ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: corvina sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: Горбыль темный sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Turkish: iskine; kaya levregi sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Горбань темний

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758. 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:127010