Umbrina

Umbrina is a genus of fish from the croaker family Sciaenidae. The genus contains 17 species occurring in tropical and warm temperate waters of the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Western Indian Ocean and the eastern Pacific.

Umbrina
Yellowfin drum Umbrina roncador
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Umbrina
Cuvier, 1817[1]
Type species
Sciaena cirrosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Species[2]

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Synonyms[3]
  • Asperina Ostroumoff, 1896
  • Attilus Gistel, 1848

Description

The species of the genus Umbrina are elongated, laterally compressed fishes with a rounded belly. The head is lower than the relatively high back. The mouth is small and set below the midline with a short, there is a short, stocky barbel on the chin with a pore at the end and two pores om wither side of the base. The eye is medium-sized and the diameter is a quarter of the length of the head. The teeth sit in two rows per jaw, of which the outer is larger in the upper jaw. The edge of the scales are finely serrated. The body is dark brown or silver-colored and has opaque stripes or vertical bars. The first dorsal fin is short and has ten thin hard rays. The second, long spine has 25 to 30 soft rays. The small anal fin has two hard and five to eight soft rays.[4][5]

Species

Currently, 17 species are recognized in the genus:[1]

  • Umbrina analis Günther, 1868 Longspine drum
  • Umbrina broussonnetii Cuvier, 1830 Striped drum
  • Umbrina bussingi López S., 1980 Bussing's drum
  • Umbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 Canary drum
  • Umbrina canosai Berg, 1895 Argentine croaker
  • Umbrina cirrosa (Linnaeus, 1758) Shi drum
  • Umbrina coroides Cuvier, 1830 Sand drum
  • Umbrina dorsalis Gill, 1862 Longfin drum
  • Umbrina galapagorum Steindachner, 1878 Galápagos drum
  • Umbrina imberbis Günther, 1873
  • Umbrina milliae Miller, 1971
  • Umbrina reedi Günther, 1880
  • Umbrina roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 Yellowfin drum
  • Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843 Fusca drum
  • Umbrina steindachneri Cadenat 1951 Steindachner's drum
  • Umbrina wintersteeni Walker & Radford, 1992 Wintersteen drum
  • Umbrina xanti Gill, 1862 Polla drum

Etymology

The name of the genus, Umbrina, is derived from the Latin umbra, meaning a shadow or phantom, referring to the fish's rapid movements.[6]

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References
  1. "Scientific Names where Genus Equals Umbrina". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. N. Bailly (2014). "Umbrina Cuvier, 1816". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  3. "Umbrina Cuvier, 1817". GBIF.org. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  4. Carpenter, K.E. (ed.) (2002). The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 3. Bony fishes part 2 (Ophistognathidae to Molidae) sea turtles and marine mammals. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-104827-4.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. "Umbrina". Discover Life. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. "Umbrina cirrosa (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fishbase.org. Retrieved 27 December 2016.


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