Drums or croakers (Sciaenidae)

The Drums or croakers (Sciaenidae) family has 230 species in the Guppies.za.net fish encyclopedia, 16 of which are kept in home aquariums.

Species in this family

• Acoupa weakfishCynoscion acoupa
• Black curbinataPlagioscion auratus
• Black drumPogonias cromis
• Blue croakerCorvula batabana
• Fusco drumPareques fuscovittatus
• Gungo highhatPareques viola
• High-hatPareques acuminatus
• Jack-knifefishEquetus lanceolatus
• Large yellow croakerLarimichthys crocea
• Peruvian banded croakerParalonchurus peruanus
• Peruvian weakfishCynoscion analis
• Red drumSciaenops ocellatus
• South American silver croakerPlagioscion squamosissimus
• Spotted drumEquetus punctatus
• SqueteagueCynoscion regalis
• Yellow croakerLarimichthys polyactis
• African blackmouth croakerAtrobucca marleyi
• Amazon croakerPachyurus schomburgkii
• American stardrumStellifer lanceolatus
• Amigo stardrumStellifer wintersteenorum
• Amoy croakerArgyrosomus amoyensis
• Angola croakerMiracorvina angolensis
• Arabian sea meagreArgyrosomus heinii
• Argentine croakerUmbrina canosai
• Armed croakerBairdiella armata
• Armour croakerPanna perarmatus
• Atlantic croakerMicropogonias undulatus
• Banded croakerParalonchurus brasiliensis
• Banded drumLarimus fasciatus
• Barbel drumCtenosciaena gracilicirrhus
• Bearded banded croakerParalonchurus rathbuni
• Bearded croakerJohnius amblycephalus
• Belanger's croakerJohnius belangerii
• BellfishJohnius fuscolineatus
• Bengal corvinaDaysciaena albida
• Big-head pennah croakerPennahia macrocephalus
• Big-snout croakerJohnius macrorhynus
• Bigeye croakerPennahia anea
• Bigmouth croakerPterotolithus lateoides
• Bigtooth corvinaIsopisthus parvipinnis
• Black croakerCheilotrema saturnum
• Black stardrumStellifer melanocheir
• Black-spot croakerAtrobucca kyushini
• Blackbar drumPareques iwamotoi
• Blackfin croakerLonchurus elegans
• Blackmouth croakerAtrobucca nibe
• Blackspotted croakerProtonibea diacanthus
• Blinkard croakerOphioscion imiceps
• Blotched croakerNibea maculata
• Blotched tiger-toothed croakerPterotolithus maculatus
• Bluestreak drumElattarchus archidium
• Bobo croakerPseudotolithus elongatus
• Boccone weakfishCynoscion praedatorius
• Boe drumPteroscion peli
• Boeseman croakerBoesemania microlepis
• Bottlenose jewfishJohnius australis
• Brazilian croakerPachyurus adspersus
• Broad-head croakerJohnius latifrons
• Bronze croakerOtolithoides biauritus
• Brown meagreSciaena umbra