Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria/misc
Family: Sciaenidae Drums or croakers

Genus: Sciaena

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Photo by Villalba, D.O.

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 9.5 cm TL
Sciaena callaensis Hildebrand, 1946

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Sciaena callaensis
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Photo by Eakins, R.

South America.
Max. Length 46 cm TL
Sciaena deliciosa (Tschudi, 1846)

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Sciaena deliciosa
[Lorna drum]

Photo by Patzner, R.

Eastern Atlantic
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Sciaena umbra Linnaeus, 1758

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Sciaena umbra
[Brown meagre]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Sciaena callaensis Southeast Pacific 9.5 TL 1946
Sciaena deliciosa Lorna drum South America. 46 TL 1846
Sciaena umbra Brown meagre Eastern Atlantic 70 TL 1758



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