Micropogonias undulatus, Atlantic croaker Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus
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The Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae and is closely related to the black drum (Pogonias cromis), the silver perch (Bairdiella chrysoura), the spot croaker (Leiostomus xanthurus), the red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus), the spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus), and the weakfish (Cynoscion regalis). This fish is commonly found in sounds and estuaries from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico. Order: Perciformes, Family: Sciaenidae, Genus: Micropogonias, Species: Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766).