What is Sciaenidae?
[[File:Micropogonias undulatus RR 072120 0655 (50142583921).jpg|thumb|[[Atlantic croaker]]]] '''Sciaenidae''', the '''drums''', is a family of [[Actinopterygii|ray-finned fishes]] in the order [[Acanthuriformes]]. They are also known as '''croakers''' in reference to how they croak. The family has 298 [[species]] in 67 [[Genus|genera]]. == Taxonomy == Sciaenidae was first made in 1829 by [[Georges Cuvier]]. ''[[Fishes of the World]]'' classifies the [[Family (biology)|family]] in the suborder [[Sciaenoidei]], while others classify them within the series [[Eupercaria]]. ''[[Fishes of the World]]'', [[FishBase]] and [[Catalog of Fishes]] do not place [[subfamilies]] in this family. == Genera == The following genera are classified within the family Sciaenidae: * ''[[Freshwater drum|Aplodinotus]]'' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1819</small> * ''[[Argyrosomus]]'' <small>De la Pylaie, 1835</small> * ''Aspericorvina'' <small>Fowler, 1834</small> * ''Atractoscion'' <small>Gill, 1862</small> * ''Atrobucca'' <small>Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963</small> * ''Austronibea'' <small>Trewavas, 1977</small> * ''Bahaba'' <small>Herre, 1935</small> * ''Bairdiella'' <small>Gill, 1861</small> * ''Boesemania'' <small>Trewavas, 1977</small> * ''Cheilotrema'' <small>Tschudi, 1846</small> * ''Chrysochir'' <small>Trevawas & Yazdani, 1966</small> * ''Cilus'' <small>Delfin, 1900</small> * ''Collichthys'' <small>Günther, 1860</small> * ''Corvula'' <small>Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889</small> * ''Ctenosciaena'' <small>Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1923</small> * ''[[Cynoscion]]'' <small>Gill, 1861</small> * ''Daysciaena'' <small>Talwar, 1971</small> * ''Dendrophysa'' <small>Trewavas, 1964</small> * ''Elattarchus'' <small>Jordan & Evermann, 1896</small> * ''Eques'' <small>Bloch 1793</small> * ''Genyonemus'' <small>Gill, 1861</small> * ''Isopisthus'' <small>Gill, 1862</small> * ''[[Johnius]]'' <small>Bloch, 1793</small> * ''Kathala'' <small>Lal Mohan 1969</small> * ''Larimichthys'' <small>Jordan & Starks, 1905</small> * ''Larimus'' <small>Cuvie