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Species Name:    Menticirrhus littoralis
Common Name:                (Gulf Kingfish)

 

I.  TAXONOMY

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


The Gulf Kingfish, Menticirrhus littoralis.  Illustration by Diana Rome Peebles 1998.  Courtesy of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Division of Marine Fisheries.
Species Name:
Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1855)
Common Name:
Gulf Kingfish