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or Corvina, See: Drums Menticirrhus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. They are commonly known as kingcroakers or kingfish. These fish are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Menticirrhus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums or croakers. They are commonly known as kingcroakers or kingfish. These fish are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans. Taxonomy Menticirrhus was first proposed as a genus in 1861 by the American biologist Theodore Gill with Perca alburnus, a species described by Linnaeus in 1763 from Charleston, as its only species and designated as its type species. This genus has been placed in the subfamily Sciaeninae by some workers, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sciaenidae which it places in the order Acanthuriformes. Etymology Menticirrhus is a combination of mentum, meaning "chin", and cirrhus, which means barbel, an allusion to the single thick barbel on the chin. Species Menticirrhus contains the following species: Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Southern kingcroaker) Menticirrhus elongatus (Günther, 1864) (Pacific kingcroaker) Menticirrhus littoralis (Holbrook, 1847) (Gulf kingcroaker) Menticirrhus nasus (Günther, 1868) (Highfin king croaker) Menticirrhus ophicephalus (Jenyns, 1840) (Snakehead...