Queenfish

This article is about the American usage of the term for fish. For the Southern hemisphere fish, see Scomberoides. For the United States submarine, see USS Queenfish.

Queenfish
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Seriphus
Ayres, 1860
Species:
S. politus
Binomial name
Seriphus politus
Ayres, 1860

The queenfish (Seriphus politus) is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the North American coastline from Oregon to Baja California; it has been recorded as far north as British Columbia.[2][1] Its centre of distribution is the Southern California Bight.[3] It is also known commonly as the queen croaker.[4] This is the only species in the monotypic genus Seriphus.[2]

  1. ^ a b Chao, L.; Espinosa-Perez, H. (2020). "Seriphus politus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183750A131076324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T183750A131076324.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. Seriphus politus. FishBase. 2017.
  3. ^ DeMartini, E. E., et al. (1985). Diel and depth variations in the sex-specific abundance, size composition, and food habits of queenfish, Seriphus politus (Sciaenidae). NOAA Fishery Bulletin 83, no. 2. 171-85.
  4. ^ Chao, L. & Espinosa, H. 2010. Seriphus politus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. Downloaded on 29 September 2017.