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Definition of 'sciaenid'

English

(Sciaenidae) (Sciaenidae)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (zoology) Any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.
  • * 1985 , K. M. Joseph, 3: Marine Fishery Resources of India'', G. R. Kulkarni, Uma K. Srivastava (editors), ''A Systems Framework of the Marine Foods Industry in India , page 112,
  • Sciaenids' constitute about 70,000 tonnes of the present demersal catch of the west coast. George, ''et al''. estimated an additional potential of about 90,000 tonnes of ' sciaenids from the west coast.
  • * 1997 , S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries , page 107,
  • In the Indo-West Pacific, sciaenids are important in the equatorial regions of South East Asia but much less so elsewhere.
  • * 2008 , David A. Mann, Anthony D. Hawkins, J. Michael Jech, 9: Active and Passive Acoustics to Locate and Study Fish'', Jacqueline F. Webb, Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay (editors), ''Fish Bioacoustics , page 298,
  • It can often be difficult to distinguish an individual's call when a hydrophone is lowered into a chorus of sciaenids .
    Like damselfishes, sciaenids tend to have species-specific sounds (Fig. 9.8).

    Synonyms

    * (any fish of the family Sciaenidae) croaker, drum, drumfish, hardhead