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Kingcroakers
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. They are commonly known as kingcroakers or kingfish. These fish are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
12 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 12 known species
Southern Kingfish
speciesMenticirrhus americanus
Gulf Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus littoralis
Northern Kingfish
speciesMenticirrhus saxatilis
California Corbina
speciesMenticirrhus undulatus
Menticirrhus martinicensis
speciesMenticirrhus martinicensis
Cryptic Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus gracilis
Pacific Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus elongatus
Panama Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus panamensis
Snakehead Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus ophicephalus
Cuiara Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus cuiaranensis
Highfin Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus nasus
Paita Kingcroaker
speciesMenticirrhus paitensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89855.