Menticirrhus

Menticirrhus saxatilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Percoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Percoidei Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Sciaenidae
Genus: Menticirrhus
Species: M. americanus – M. cuiaranensis – M. elongatus – M. littoralis – M. nasus – M. ophicephalus – M. paitensis – M. panamensis – M. saxatilis – M. undulatus

Name

Menticirrhus Gill, 1861

References

Gill, T.N. 1861. Description of a new species of the genus Anableps of Gronovius. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13: 3–6. BHL Reference page.
Pires Marceniuk, A., Caires, R.A., Rotundo, M.M., Cerqueira, M.N.C.D., Siccha-Ramirez, R., Wosiacki, W.B. & Oliveira, C. 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) and M. littoralis (Holbrook, 1847) (Percomorphacea: Sciaenidae) species complexes from the western Atlantic. Zootaxa 4822(3): 301–333. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.3.1 Reference page.
Santos, S., Gomes, M. d. F., Soares Ferreira, A. R., Sampaio, I. & Schneider, H.; 2012: Molecular phylogeny of the western South Atlantic Sciaenidae based on mitochondrial and nuclear data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Available online 4 October 2012, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, abstract

Links

Menticirrhus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Menticirrhus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Kingfishes, Kingcroakers

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