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The white croaker is one of five California croakers that have mouths located under their heads (subterminal). They can be distinguished from the California corbina and yellowfin croaker by the absence of a single fleshy projection, or barbel , at the tip of the lower jaw.
White croaker (' Genyonemus lineatus') is a species of croaker occurring in the Eastern Pacific. White croakers have been taken from Magdalena Bay, Baja California, to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, but are not abundant north of San Francisco.
The White Sea Bass, scientifically labeled Atractoscion nobilis, is the largest species of croaker fish on the west coast. The scientific name comes from the Latin stems atrax (spindle) , skion (from sciaena , an old name for croakers), and the nobilis (noble).
Argyrosomus regius, also known as the meagre, croaker, jewfish, shade-fish, sowa, kir, corvina, salmon-bass or stone bass, is a species of fish of the family Sciaenidae. This large fish has a pearly-silver to brownish coloration and a yellow-coloured mouth.
Musical fish: the white croaker gets its name from the repetitive croaking noise it makes by rasping a muscle against its swim bladder! [6] White croaker held up by a person's hand, a dock with boats in the background.
A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
Nibea mitsukurii is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, order Perciformes. It is a benthopelagic marine fish of temperate climate (32°N-23°N). It is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean near Japan and the East China Sea. It is harmless to humans, and is commercially farmed for food.
