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Gulf kingcroaker
Menticirrhus littoralis
- Saltwater
- Max length
- 50 cm
Classification
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Menticirrhus
Distribution
- Atlantic, Northwest
- Atlantic, Southwest
- Atlantic, Western Central
About the gulf kingcroaker
Menticirrhus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. They are commonly known as kingcroakers or kingfish. These fish are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
Distribution
Menticirrhus fishes are found in the eastern Pacific between California and Peru and in the western Atlantic from Massachusetts in the north to northern Argentina.
Description from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA.
Where the gulf kingcroaker lives
Distribution data from GBIF (DOI: 10.15468/dl.8rzs8d).
Also known as
- Gulf kingfish
- Kingfish
- Papa-terra
- Berrugato del Golfo
- Karališkieji kupriai
Where to catch gulf kingcroaker
- Cape Cod Bay United States Bay · Massachusetts
- Cape Fear River United States River · North Carolina
- Chesapeake Bay United States Estuary · Maryland and Virginia
- Delaware Bay United States Bay · Delaware-New Jersey
- Florida Bay (Everglades) United States Bay · Florida
- Florida Keys United States Coast · Florida
