Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Eupercaria/misc
Family: Sciaenidae Drums or croakers

Genus: Bairdiella

(See list of species below)


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7 species (see list below)
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Photo by Allen, G.R.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Bairdiella armata Gill, 1863

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Bairdiella armata
[Armed croaker]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepède, 1802)

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Bairdiella chrysoura
[Goldtail croaker]

Photo by Robertson, R.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 35 cm TL
Bairdiella ensifera (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

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Bairdiella ensifera
[Swordspine croaker]

Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 19.8 cm SL
Bairdiella goeldi Marceniuk, Molina, Caires, Rotundo, Wosiacki & Oliveira, 2019

Photo by Photo by Carvalho Filho, A.
 
Bairdiella goeldi
[]

Photo by FAO

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Bairdiella icistia (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)

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Bairdiella icistia
[Ronco croaker]

Photo by Krumme, U.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 41.5 cm TL
Bairdiella ronchus (Cuvier, 1830)

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Bairdiella ronchus
[Ground croaker]
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Bairdiella veraecrucis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bairdiella armata Armed croaker Eastern Central Pacific 30 TL 1863
Bairdiella chrysoura Goldtail croaker Western Atlantic 30 TL 1802
Bairdiella ensifera Swordspine croaker Eastern Pacific 35 TL 1882
Bairdiella goeldi Southwest Atlantic 19.8 SL 2019
Bairdiella icistia Ronco croaker Eastern Central Pacific 30 TL 1882
Bairdiella ronchus Ground croaker Western Atlantic 41.5 TL 1830
Bairdiella veraecrucis Western Central Atlantic 1908



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