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title: "Southern Kingfish"
description: "Menticirrhus americanus — Ryby. Menticirrhus americanus, the southern kingfish, southern kingcroaker, king whiting, Carolina whiting, sea mullet, roundhead, or whiting, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/southern-kingfish
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Kingfish

> Menticirrhus americanus — Ryby. Menticirrhus americanus, the southern kingfish, southern kingcroaker, king whiting, Carolina whiting, sea mullet, roundhead, or whiting, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Menticirrhus americanus*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1805
- Wikidata: [Q2177693](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2177693)
- iNaturalist taxon: [179545](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/179545)

## Names

- en: Southern Kingfish
- de: Südlicher Königsumber
- es: Berrugato zorro
- nl: Koningsombervis

## Countries with the most observations

US (1582), MX (3)

## Summary

Menticirrhus americanus, the southern kingfish, southern kingcroaker, king whiting, Carolina whiting, sea mullet, roundhead, or whiting, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae. It lives in shallow coastal waters on the western fringes of the Atlantic Ocean.

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

## Photo

![Southern Kingfish](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-kingfish/medium.jpg)

Photo: buriedanimal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164413334

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-kingfish?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).