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SpeciesPerciformesSciaenidae
Fish

๐ŸŸAtlantic croaker

Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

The Atlantic croaker is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae and is closely related to the black drum, the silver perch, the spot croaker, the red drum, the spotted seatrout, and the weakfish. It is commonly found in sounds and estuaries from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Also called
Micropogonias undulatus, Crocus, Croaker, Hardhead, Roncadina
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
1.42 kg
Body length
0.3 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
5 years
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Everything we know about the Atlantic croaker

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
1.42 kgrecord 2.58 kg ยท FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.3 mrecord 0.55 m ยท FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
5 yearsrecord 5 years ยท FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge ยท AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) ยท CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04, estimate table ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2โ€“2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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Source: FishBase ยท v25.04 ยท CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
1.4 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Atlantic croaker yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. โ€บphylumChordata
  3. โ€บorderPerciformes
  4. โ€บfamilySciaenidae
  5. โ€บgenusMicropogonias
  6. โ€บspeciesMicropogonias undulatus
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  2. orderAcanthomorphata
  3. familySciaenidae
  4. genusMicropogonias
All 11 branches โ†“
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish ยท Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. orderAcanthomorphata
  10. familySciaenidae
  11. genusMicropogonias
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Micropogonias undulatus (es), Micropogonias undulatus (fr), atlantisk trommefisk (nb), Knorrepos (nl), Micropogonias undulatus (pt), Micropogonias undulatus (vi) โ€ฆ and 12 more languages
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