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Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus, 1766) 
AphiaID: 159333

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Pogonias (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pogonias Lacepède, 1801
Synonymised
taxa
  Labrus cromis Linnaeus, 1766
Pogonathus courbina Lacepède, 1803
Pogonias fasciatus Lacepède, 1801
Sciaena barbata Larrañaga, 1923
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1766). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English black drum  [details]
English blackdrum  [details]
English sea drum  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of Mexico [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Host of  Caligus pelamydis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Brachiella gulosa Wilson C.B., 1915 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Ergasilus versicolor Wilson C.B., 1911 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Sciaenophilus tenuis Beneden, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus haemulonis Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Blias prionoti Krøyer, 1863 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeenicus triangularis Heegaard, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus productus Dana, 1852 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Parabrachiella chevreuxii (van Beneden, 1891) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (145 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds mainly on crustaceans, molluscs and fishes [details]

Distribution: Western Atlantic: Nova Scotia to northern Mexico, including southern Florida; then from southern Brazil to Argentina. Rare in Antilles and southward  [details]

Habitat: Found usually over sand and sandy mud bottoms in coastal waters, especially in areas with large river runoffs. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Importance: Social- Commercial, fishery, gamefish and aquarium fish [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159333
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus, 1766). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159333 on 2013-05-21
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