Micropogonias furnieri

Micropogonias furnieri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Micropogonias
Species:
M. furnieri
Binomial name
Micropogonias furnieri
(Desmarest, 1823)
Synonyms
  • Corvina adusta Agassiz, 1831
  • Micropogon argenteus Cuvier, 1830
  • Micropogon barretoi MacDonagh, 1934
  • Corvina crawfordi Regan, 1903
  • Umbrina furnieri Desmarest, 1823
  • Micropogon furnieri (Desmarest 1823)
  • Micropogon lineatus Cuvier, 1830
  • Micropogon manni Moreno, 1970
  • Sciaena opercularis Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
  • Micropogon opercularis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
  • Micropogon patagonensis MacDonagh, 1934
  • Sciaena unicirrata Larrañaga, 1923
  • Ophioscion woodwardi Fowler, 1937

Micropogonias furnieri, the whitemouth croaker, golden croaker, hardhead, mangrove snapper, rocando ronco, two-belly bashaw, West Indian croaker, West Indian drum or whitemouth drummer, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This fish is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.