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Fish Identification: Find Species

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

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Photo by Chao, N.L.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 130 cm TL
Atractoscion aequidens (Cuvier, 1830)
Photo by Chao, N.L.
 
Atractoscion aequidens
[Geelbeck croaker]
Photo by Kim, J.-K.

Southwestern Pacific
Max. Length 51.5 cm SL
Atractoscion atelodus (Günther, 1867)
Photo by Kim, J.-K.
 
Atractoscion atelodus
[Small lunate caudal fin croaker]
Photo by Kim, J.-K.

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 29 cm SL
Atractoscion macrolepis Song, Kim & Kim, 2017
Photo by Kim, J.-K.
 
Atractoscion macrolepis
[Large scale lunate caudal fin croaker]
Photo by Kim, J.-K.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 35.5 cm SL
Atractoscion microlepis Song, Kim & Kang, 2017
Photo by Kim, J.-K.
 
Atractoscion microlepis
[Small scale lunate caudal fin croaker]
Photo by Steele, M.A.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 166 cm TL
Atractoscion nobilis (Ayres, 1860)
Photo by Steele, M.A.
 
Atractoscion nobilis
[White weakfish]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Atractoscion aequidens Geelbeck croaker Western Indian Ocean 130 TL 1830
Atractoscion atelodus Small lunate caudal fin croaker Southwestern Pacific 51.5 SL 1867
Atractoscion macrolepis Large scale lunate caudal fin croaker Southeast Atlantic 29 SL 2017
Atractoscion microlepis Small scale lunate caudal fin croaker Western Indian Ocean 35.5 SL 2017
Atractoscion nobilis White weakfish Eastern Pacific 166 TL 1860



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