Menticirrhus americanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Menticirrhus
- Species
- Menticirrhus americanus
- Scientific Name
- Menticirrhus americanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus americanus, the southern kingfish, southern kingcroaker, king whiting, Carolina whiting, sea mullet, roundhead, or whiting, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae. It lives in shallow coastal waters on the western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean.
...Menticirrhus americanus in languages:
- Chinese
- 美洲無鰾石首魚
- Czech
- smuha americká
- English
- Southern Kingfish
- Japanese
- サンカクニベ
- Portuguese
- Pirá-siririca
- Portuguese
- Pira-siririca
- Russian
- Американский королевский горбыль
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