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title: "Atlantic Croaker"
description: "Micropogonias undulatus — Pesci. 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)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/atlantic-croaker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Atlantic Croaker

> Micropogonias undulatus — Pesci. 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).

- Scientific name: *Micropogonias undulatus*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2554
- Wikidata: [Q756981](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q756981)
- iNaturalist taxon: [146600](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/146600)

## Names

- en: Atlantic Croaker
- de: Adlerfisch
- es: Gurrubata
- fr: Tambour brésilien
- nl: Knorrepos

## Countries with the most observations

US (2363), MX (10)

## Summary

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). It is commonly found in sounds and estuaries from Massachusetts to the Gulf of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_croaker

## Photo

![Atlantic Croaker](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/atlantic-croaker/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris Wyse · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/235642173

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/atlantic-croaker?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).