Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sciaenidae in languages:

Chinese

石首魚科

Czech

smuhovití

Danish

Trommefisk

English

Drums

English

Croakers

Japanese

ニベ科

Portuguese

Pescadas e Corvinas

Russian

Горбылёвые

Swedish

havsgösfiskar

Ukrainian

Горбаневі

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Parent Taxon

• Acanthuriformes

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthuridae
• Antigoniidae
• Callanthiidae
• Caproidae
• Cepolidae
• Chaetodontidae
• Dinopercidae
• Drepaneidae
• Emmelichthyidae
• Ephippidae
• Gerreidae
• Haemulidae
• Latilidae
• Leiognathidae
• Lethrinidae
• Lobotidae
• Lutjanidae
• Luvaridae
• Malacanthidae
• Monodactylidae
• Moronidae
• Nemipteridae
• Pomacanthidae
• Priacanthidae
• Scatophagidae
• Sciaenidae
• Siganidae
• Sillaginidae
• Sparidae
• Zanclidae

Child Taxa

• Aplodinotus
• Argyrosomus
• Aspericorvina
• Atractoscion
• Atrobucca
• Austronibea
• Bahaba
• Bairdiella
• Boesemania
• Callaus
• Cheilotrema
• Chrysochir
• Cilus
• Collichthys
• Corvula
• Ctenosciaena
• Cynoscion
• Daysciaena
• Dendrophysa
• Elattarchus
• Eques
• Genyonemus
• Isopisthus
• Johnius
• Kathala
• Larimichthys
• Larimus
• Leiostomus
• Lonchurus
• Macrodon
• Macrospinosa
• Megalonibea
• Menticirrhus
• Micropogonias
• Miichthys
• Miracorvina
• Nebris
• Nibea
• Odontoscion
• Otolithes
• Otolithoides
• Pachypops
• Pachyurus
• Panna
• Paralonchurus
• Paranebris
• Paranibea
• Pareques
• Pennahia
• Pentheroscion
• Petilipinnis
• Plagioscion
• Pogonias
• Protonibea
• Protosciaena
• Pseudolarimichthys
• Pseudotolithus
• Pteroscion
• Pterotolithus
• Robaloscion
• Roncador
• Sciaena
• Sciaenops
• Seriphus
• Sonorolux
• Stellifer
• Totoaba
• Umbrina

Top Observation Places

• Galveston