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Home Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Subphylum Vertebrata Class Actinopterygii Order Perciformes Suborder Percoidei Family Sciaenidae

Family Sciaenidae
(croakers, drums, and roncadores)



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Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed November 28, 2009 at http://animaldiversity.org.

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