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Gulf Kingcroaker

Menticirrhus littoralis

Also known as: Gulf Kingfish, Kingcroaker, Silver Whiting, Surf Whiting, Whiting

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
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Adult
@louisd · Palm Harbor, FL, United States · July 20141 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, in surge zones, over mud and sandy bottoms of estuaries and coastal reefs.

Drums are named for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make by beating their abdominal muscles against the swim bladder.

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How to identify

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Behaviour
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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic
  • Country only · 2
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Found singly, in surge zones, over mud and sandy bottoms of estuaries and coastal reefs.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusMenticirrhus
    7. speciesMenticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847)

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