Pogonias

Pogonias
Pogonias cromis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Pogonias
Lacépède, 1801
Type species
Pogonias fasciatus
Lacépède, 1801
Species

2, see text

Pogonias is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae. It was formerly believed to be a monotypic genus only containing the black drum, but a second species was re-described in 2019.[1]

  1. ^ Azpelicueta, María de las Mercedes; Delpiani, Sergio Matías; Cione, Alberto Luis; Oliveira, Claudio; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires; Astarloa, Juan Martín Díaz de (2019-06-19). "Morphology and molecular evidence support the validity of Pogonias courbina (Lacepède, 1803) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae), with a redescription and neotype designation". PLOS ONE. 14 (6): e0216280. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416280A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216280. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6584015. PMID 31216281.