Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Eupercaria incertae sedis > Family Sciaenidae > Genus Micropogonias

Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Micropogonias*	Bonaparte, 1831	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Perca undulata*	Linnaeus, 1766	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: Amerikaanse zeeraaf; knorrepos sources: Rappé, G. (2002). Eerste vangst van Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766), een Amerikaanse vis, in Belgische en Europese wateren [First catch of Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766), an American fish, in Belgian and European waters]. De Strandvlo 22(3-4): 119-121;Dekker, W.; Daan, N.; Heessen, H.; van der Heijde, W. (2005). De knorrepos Micropogonias undulatus. De Levende Natuur 106(2): 66-67

English: Atlantic croaker; hardhead sources: Rappé, G. (2002). Eerste vangst van Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766), een Amerikaanse vis, in Belgische en Europese wateren [First catch of Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766), an American fish, in Belgian and European waters]. De Strandvlo 22(3-4): 119-121;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

French: tambour brésilien sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: gurrubata

Literature

basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
additional source	Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.
additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
additional source	McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Micropogonias undulatus, by Flescher, D.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus, 1766). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151158