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Species Name:    Menticirrhus americanus
Common Name:                (Southern Kingfish)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

Kingdom Phylum/Division: Class: Order: Family: Genus:
Animalia Chordata Osteichthyes Perciformes Sciaenidae Menticirrhus

The Southern Kingfish, Menticirrhus americanus.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name:
Southern Kingfish