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title: "Knorrepos"
description: "Micropogonias undulatus — Vissen. 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/nl/animal/atlantic-croaker
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Knorrepos

> Micropogonias undulatus — Vissen. 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` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- 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

![Knorrepos](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=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).