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Sciaenidae Gill, 1861

114221  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114221)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Perciformes (Order)
  7. Sciaenidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Advenasciaena Kocsis, Lin, Bernard & Johari, 2024 †
  2. Genus Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
  3. Genus Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835
  4. Genus Aspericorvina Fowler, 1934
  5. Genus Atractoscion Gill, 1862
  6. Genus Atrobucca Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963
  7. Genus Austronibea Trewavas, 1977
  8. Genus Bahaba Herre, 1935
  9. Genus Bairdiella Gill, 1861
  10. Genus Boesemania Trewavas, 1977
  11. Genus Bruneisciaena Kocsis, Lin, Bernard & Johari, 2024 †
  12. Genus Carnevalella Bannikov, 2013 †
  13. Genus Chaoia Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018 †
  14. Genus Cheilotrema Tschudi, 1846
  15. Genus Chrysochir Trewavas & Yazdani, 1966
  16. Genus Cilus Delfin, 1900
  17. Genus Collichthys Günther, 1860
  18. Genus Corvula Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889
  19. Genus Croatosciaena Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018 †
  20. Genus Ctenosciaena Fowler & Bean, 1923
  21. Genus Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  22. Genus Daysciaena Talwar, 1970
  23. Genus Dendrophysa Trewavas, 1964
  24. Genus Elattarchus Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  25. Genus Eques Bloch, 1793
  26. Genus Equetulus Aguilera & Schwarzhans in Aguilera et al., 2014 †
  27. Genus Equetus Rafinesque, 1815
  28. Genus Genyonemus Gill, 1861
  29. Genus Isopisthus Gill, 1862
  30. Genus Johnius Bloch, 1793
  31. Genus Kathala Lal Mohan, 1969
  32. Genus Landinisciaena Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018 †
  33. Genus Larimichthys Jordan & Starks, 1905
  34. Genus Larimus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
  35. Genus Leiostomus Lacepède, 1802
  36. Genus Leptosciaena Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018 †
  37. Genus Lonchurus Bloch, 1793
  38. Genus Macrodon Schinz in Cuvier, 1822
  39. Genus Macrospinosa Lal Mohan, 1969
  40. Genus Megalonibea Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963
  41. Genus Menticirrhus Gill, 1861
  42. Genus Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
  43. Genus Miichthys Lin, 1938
  44. Genus Miracorvina Trewavas, 1962
  45. Genus Nebris Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
  46. Genus Nibea Jordan & Thompson, 1911
  47. Genus Odontoscion Gill, 1862
  48. Genus Ophioscion Gill, 1863
  49. Genus Otolithes Oken, 1817
  50. Genus Otolithoides Fowler, 1933
  51. Genus Pachypops Gill, 1861
  52. Genus Pachyurus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1831
  53. Genus Panna Lal Mohan, 1969
  54. Genus Paralonchurus Bocourt, 1869
  55. Genus Paranebris Chao, Béarez & Robertson, 2001
  56. Genus Paranibea Trewavas, 1977
  57. Genus Pareques Gill in Goode, 1876
  58. Genus Pebasciaena Schwarzhans, Aguilera, Scheyer & Carrillo-Briceño, 2022 †
  59. Genus Pennahia Fowler, 1926
  60. Genus Pentheroscion Trewavas, 1962
  61. Genus Petilipinnis Casatti, 2002
  62. Genus Plagioscion Gill, 1861
  63. Genus Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  64. Genus Pontosciaena Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018 †
  65. Genus Protolarimus Aguilera & Schwarzhans in Aguilera et al., 2014 †
  66. Genus Protonibea Trewavas, 1971
  67. Genus Protosciaena Sasaki, 1989
  68. Genus Pseudotolithus Bleeker, 1863
  69. Genus Pteroscion Fowler, 1925
  70. Genus Pterotolithus Fowler, 1933
  71. Genus Robaloscion Béarez & Schwarzhans, 2013
  72. Genus Roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1880
  73. Genus Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
  74. Genus Sciaenops Gill, 1863
  75. Genus Seriphus Ayres, 1860
  76. Genus Sonorolux Trewavas, 1977
  77. Genus Stellifer Oken, 1817
  78. Genus Taosciaena Lin & Chien, 2022 †
  79. Genus Totoaba Villamar, 1980
  80. Genus Umbrina Cuvier, 1816
  81. Genus Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  82. Genus Lonchiurus Cuvier, 1800 accepted as Lonchurus Bloch, 1793 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  83. Genus Umbra Cetti, 1777 accepted as Umbrina Cuvier, 1816 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  84. Genus Afroscion Trewavas, 1977 accepted as Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835 (synonym)
  85. Genus Alburnus Catesby, 1771 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  86. Genus Amblyscion Gill, 1863 accepted as Larimus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
  87. Genus Ancyclodon Schinz in Cuvier, 1822 (Misspelling)
  88. Genus Ancylodon Cuvier & Cloquet, 1816 accepted as Macrodon Schinz in Cuvier, 1822
  89. Genus Ancylodon Oken, 1817 accepted as Macrodon Schinz in Cuvier, 1822
  90. Genus Ancylodonus Jarocki, 1822 (Unjustified (?) emendation)
  91. Genus Anomiolepis Gill, 1861 (Unavailable: no available species)
  92. Genus Apeches Gistel, 1848 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793
  93. Genus Aplidonotus accepted as Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
  94. Genus Apseudobranchus Gill, 1862 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  95. Genus Archoscion Gill, 1862 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  96. Genus Argiosomus accepted as Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835 (misspelling)
  97. Genus Argyrosoma accepted as Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835 (misspelling)
  98. Genus Asperina Ostroumoff, 1896 accepted as Umbrina Cuvier, 1816
  99. Genus Attilus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Umbrina Cuvier, 1816
  100. Genus Bairdela accepted as Bairdiella Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  101. Genus Bardiella accepted as Bairdiella Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  102. Genus Blythia Talwar, 1971 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793
  103. Genus Blythsciaena Talwar, 1975 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793
  104. Genus Bola Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793 (synonym)
  105. Genus Buccone Jordan & Evermann, 1896 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  106. Genus Callaus Jordan in Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
  107. Genus Cantor Talwar, 1970 accepted as Macrospinosa Lal Mohan, 1969
  108. Genus Cestreus Gronow in Gray, 1854 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861 (synonym)
  109. Genus Cestrus accepted as Cestreus Gronow in Gray, 1854 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  110. Genus Cheironebris Fowler, 1944 accepted as Nebris Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
  111. Genus Cirrhimens Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Menticirrhus Gill, 1861
  112. Genus Cirrimens Gill, 1862 accepted as Menticirrhus Gill, 1861
  113. Genus Coracinus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  114. Genus Cromis Browne, 1789 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  115. Genus Cynoscium accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  116. Genus Cyonoscion Jenkins, 1887 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  117. Genus Dayscieaena accepted as Daysciaena Talwar, 1970 (misspelling)
  118. Genus Dendrophyssa accepted as Dendrophysa Trewavas, 1964 (misspelling)
  119. Genus Dhoma Talwar & Joglekar, 1970 accepted as Kathala Lal Mohan, 1969
  120. Genus Diplolepis Steindachner, 1863 accepted as Plagioscion Gill, 1861
  121. Genus Eriscion Jordan & Evermann, 1927 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  122. Genus Eutychelithus Jordan, 1876 accepted as Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
  123. Genus Excursor Gistel, 1848 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
  124. Genus Fonticulus Trewavas, 1962 accepted as Pseudotolithus Bleeker, 1863
  125. Genus Genyanemus accepted as Genyonemus Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  126. Genus Haploidonotus Gill, 1861 accepted as Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
  127. Genus Haplonotus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Aplodinotus Rafinesque, 1819
  128. Genus Hemisciaena Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Collichthys Günther, 1860
  129. Genus Homoprion Holbrook, 1855 accepted as Stellifer Oken, 1817
  130. Genus Hostia Trewavas, 1962 accepted as Pseudotolithus Bleeker, 1863
  131. Genus Isophisthus accepted as Isopisthus Gill, 1862 (misspelling)
  132. Genus Johnieops Lal Mohan, 1972 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793 (synonym)
  133. Genus Johniops accepted as Johnieops Lal Mohan, 1972 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
  134. Genus Johnnius Griffith in Cuvier, 1834 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793
  135. Genus Johonius Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793
  136. Genus Kalthala accepted as Kathala Lal Mohan, 1969
  137. Genus Kroseriphus Whitley, 1950 accepted as Seriphus Ayres, 1860
  138. Genus Larimodon Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Odontoscion Gill, 1862
  139. Genus Lepipterus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Pachyurus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1831
  140. Genus Liostomus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Leiostomus Lacepède, 1802
  141. Genus Lonchiurus Oken, 1816 accepted as Lonchurus Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
  142. Genus Macropinos Mohan, 1969 † accepted as Macrospinosa Lal Mohan, 1969
  143. Genus Melantha Gistel, 1848 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
  144. Genus Menthicirrhus accepted as Menticirrhus Gill, 1861 (misspelling)
  145. Genus Micropogon Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830 accepted as Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
  146. Genus Micropogonius accepted as Micropogonias Bonaparte, 1831
  147. Genus Monosira Poey, 1881 accepted as Larimus Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
  148. Genus Nector Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Bairdiella Gill, 1861
  149. Genus Nomalus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Macrodon Schinz in Cuvier, 1822
  150. Genus Otholithes accepted as Otolithes Oken, 1817 (misspelling)
  151. Genus Othonias Jordan & Thompson, 1911 accepted as Larimichthys Jordan & Starks, 1905
  152. Genus Otolites Berthold, 1827 accepted as Otolithes Oken, 1817
  153. Genus Otolithus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Otolithes Oken, 1817 (misspelling)
  154. Genus Pama Fowler, 1933 accepted as Otolithoides Fowler, 1933
  155. Genus Paralarimus Fowler & Bean, 1923 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  156. Genus Paraplesichthys Bleeker, 1876 accepted as Isopisthus Gill, 1862
  157. Genus Pentherocion accepted as Pentheroscion Trewavas, 1962 (misspelling)
  158. Genus Pinnacorvina Fowler, 1925 accepted as Pseudotolithus Bleeker, 1863
  159. Genus Pogognathus Oken, 1816 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  160. Genus Pogonas Duméril, 1805 accepted as Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  161. Genus Pogonathus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  162. Genus Pogonathus Bonaparte, 1831 accepted as Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  163. Genus Pogonatus Bosc, 1818 accepted as Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  164. Genus Pogonius Jarocki, 1822 accepted as Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  165. Genus Pogonognathus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
  166. Genus Polycirrhus Bocourt, 1869 accepted as Paralonchurus Bocourt, 1869
  167. Genus Polyclemus Berg, 1895 accepted as Paralonchurus Bocourt, 1869
  168. Genus Pseudomycterus Ogilby, 1908 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793
  169. Genus Pseudosciaena Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835
  170. Genus Pseudusciaena accepted as Pseudosciaena Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835 (misspelling)
  171. Genus Rhinoscion Gill, 1861 accepted as Cheilotrema Tschudi, 1846
  172. Genus Sagenichthys Berg, 1895 accepted as Macrodon Schinz in Cuvier, 1822
  173. Genus Sciaenoides Blyth, 1860 accepted as Otolithoides Fowler, 1933
  174. Genus Scianea accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758 (misspelling)
  175. Genus Sciena Rafinesque, 1810 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
  176. Genus Scioena Cuvier, 1798 accepted as Sciaena Linnaeus, 1758
  177. Genus Sigmurus Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Ophioscion Gill, 1863
  178. Genus Stellicarens Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Stellifer Oken, 1817
  179. Genus Stelliferus Stark, 1828 accepted as Stellifer Oken, 1817
  180. Genus Symphysoglyphus Miranda Ribeiro, 1913 accepted as Cynoscion Gill, 1861
  181. Genus Umbrula Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889 accepted as Menticirrhus Gill, 1861
  182. Genus Vacuoqua Jordan & Evermann, 1927 accepted as Bairdiella Gill, 1861
  183. Genus Wak Lin, 1938 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793 (synonym)
  184. Genus Waku accepted as Wak Lin, 1938 accepted as Johnius Bloch, 1793 (misspelling)
  185. Genus Zaclemus Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 accepted as Paralonchurus Bocourt, 1869
  186. Genus Zeluco Whitley, 1931 (unaccepted)
  187. Genus Zestidium Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (unaccepted)
  188. Genus Zestis Gilbert in Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (unaccepted)
  189. Genus Zonoscion Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (unaccepted)
  190. Genus Jefitchia Frizzell & Dante, 1965 † (uncertain, unassessed)
  191. Genus Vacuogua Jordan & Evermann, 1927 (uncertain, unassessed)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2024). Sciaenidae Gill, 1861. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114221 on 2025-04-25
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2019-06-21 19:02:21Z
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Rees, Tony

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Percoidei (Suborder) > Sciaenidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]
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