Editing Sciaenidae (section)

==Genera==
The following genera are classified within the family Sciaenidae:<ref name = CoF>{{Cof family|family=Sciaenidae|access-date=17 April 2023}}</ref>
[[File:7080_aquaimages.jpg|thumb|Juvenile [[spotted drum]]fish, [[Bonaire]], Netherlands Antilles]]
[[File:3726_aquaimages.jpg|thumb|Adult and juvenile spotted drumfish, [[St. Kitts]]]]
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{{Linked genus list
| Aplodinotus | [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1819
| Argyrosomus | [[Jean Bachelot La Pylaie|De la Pylaie]], 1835
| Aspericorvina | [[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1834
| Atractoscion | [[Theodore Gill|Gill]], 1862
| Atrobucca |  [[Yuan-ting Chu|Chu]], [[Yun-ling Lo|Lo]] & [[Han-ling Wu|Wu]], 1963
| Austronibea | [[Ethelwynn Trewavas|Trewavas]], 1977
| Bahaba | [[Albert William Herre|Herre]], 1935
| Bairdiella | Gill, 1861
| Boesemania | Trewavas, 1977
| Cheilotrema | [[Johann Jakob von Tschudi|Tschudi]], 1846
| Chrysochir | Trevawas & [[G. M. Yazdani|Yazdani]], 1966
| Cilus | [[Federico T. Delfin|Delfin]], 1900
| Collichthys | [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1860
| Corvula | [[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & [[Carl H. Eigenmann|Eigenmann]], 1889
| Ctenosciaena | Fowler & [[Barton Appler Bean|B. A. Bean]], 1923
| Cynoscion | Gill, 1861
| Daysciaena | [[Purnesh Kumar Talwar|Talwar]], 1971
| Dendrophysa | Trewavas, 1964
| Elattarchus | Jordan & [[Barton Warren Evermann|Evermann]], 1896
| ''[[Eques (fish)|Eques]]'' | [[Marcus Elieser Bloch|Bloch]] 1793
| Genyonemus | Gill, 1861
| Isopisthus | Gill, 1862
| Johnius | Bloch, 1793
| Kathala | [[R.S. Lal Mohan|Lal Mohan]] 1969
| Larimichthys | Jordan & [[Edwin Chapin Starks|Starks]], 1905
| Larimus | [[Georges Cuvier|Cuvier]], 1830
| Leiostomus | [[Bernard Germain de Lacépède|Lacépède]], 1802
| Lonchurus | Bloch, 1793
| Macrodon | [[Heinrich Rudolf Schinz|Schinz]], 1822
| Macrospinosa | Lal Mohan, 1969
| Megalonibea | Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963
| Menticirrhus | Gill, 1861
| Micropogonias | [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1831
| Miichthys | [[Shu-Yan Lin|Lin]], 1938
| Miracorvina | Trewavas, 1962
| Nebris | Cuvier, 1830
| Nibea | Jordan & [[William Francis Thompson (biologist)|W. F. Thompson]], 1911
| Odontoscion | Gill, 1862 
| Ophioscion | Gill, 1863
| Otolithes | [[Lorenz Oken|Oken]], 1817
| Otolithoides | Fowler, 1933 
| Pachypops |  Gill, 1861
| Pachyurus | [[Louis Agassiz|Agassiz]], 1831
| ''[[Panna (fish)|Panna]]'' | Lal Mohan, 1969
| Paralonchurus | [[Marie Firmin Bocourt|Bocourt]], 1869
| Paranebris | [[Ning Labbish Chao|Chao]], [[Philippe Béarez|Béarez]] and [[D. Ross Robertson|Robertson]], 2001
| Paranibea | Trewavas, 1977
| Pareques | Gill ''in'' [[George Brown Goode|Goode]], 1876
| Pennahia | Fowler, 1926
| Pentheroscion | Trewavas, 1962
| Petilipinnis | [[Lilian Casatti|Casatti]], 2002
| Plagioscion | Gill, 1861
| Pogonias | Lacépède, 1801
| Protonibea | Trewavas, 1971
| Protosciaena | [[Kunio Sasaki|Sasaki]], 1989
| Pseudolarimichthys | [[Pei-Chun Lo|Lo]], [[Shu-Hui Liu|Liu]], [[Siti Azizah Mohd Nor|Mohd Nor]] & [[Wei-Jen Chen|Chen]], 2017<ref name = Lo2017>{{Cite journal | author1 = Lo P-C | author2 = Liu S-H | author3 = Nor SAM | author4 = Chen W-J | year =2017 | title = Molecular exploration of hidden diversity in the Indo-West Pacific sciaenid clade | journal = PLOS ONE | volume = 12 | issue =4 | page = e0176623 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pone.0176623| pmid = 28453569 | pmc = 5409148 | bibcode = 2017PLoSO..1276623L | doi-access = free }}</ref>
| Pseudotolithus | [[Pieter Bleeker|Bleeker]], 1863
| Pteroscion | Fowler, 1925
| Pterotolithus | Fowler 1933
| Robaloscion | Béarez & [[Werner Schwarzhans|Schwarzhans]] 2014
| ''[[Roncador (fish)|Roncador]]'' | Jordan & [[Charles Henry Gilbert|Gilbert]], 1880
| Sciaena | [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758
| Sciaenops | Gill, 1863
| ''[[Seriphus (fish)|Seriphus]]'' | [[William Orville Ayres|Ayres]], 1860
| Sonorolux | Trewavas, 1977
| Stellifer | Oken, 1817
| Totoaba | [[Alejandro Villamar|Villamar]], 1980
| Umbrina | Cuvier, 1816
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=== Fossil genera ===
The following fossil genera are known:
* †''[[Advenasciaena]]'' <small>Kocsis, Lin, Bernard & Johari, 2024</small> [<nowiki/>[[otolith]]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Kocsis |first1=László |last2=Lin |first2=Chien-Hsiang |last3=Bernard |first3=Emma |last4=Johari |first4=Adibah |date=2024-12-01 |title=Late Miocene teleost fish otoliths from Brunei Darussalam (Borneo) and their implications for palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental conditions |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2023.2271489 |journal=Historical Biology |volume=36 |issue=12 |pages=2642–2676 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2023.2271489 |bibcode=2024HBio...36.2642K |issn=0891-2963|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* †''[[Bruneisciaena]]'' <small>Kocsis, Lin, Bernard & Johari, 2024</small> [otolith]<ref name=":3" />
* †''[[Carnevalella]]'' <small>Bannikov, 2013</small> (only member of subfamily Carnevalellinae)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bannikov |first=A. F. |date=2013-03-01 |title=A new late neogene genus of roakers (Perciformes, Sciaenidae) from the Eastern Black Sea Region |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0031030113020032 |journal=Paleontological Journal |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=190–198 |doi=10.1134/S0031030113020032 |bibcode=2013PalJ...47..190B |issn=1555-6174}}</ref>
* †''[[Caucasisciaena]]'' <small>Bannikov, Carnevale & Landini, 2009</small><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Bannikov |first1=Alexandre Fedorovich |last2=Carnevale |first2=Giorgio |last3=Landini |first3=Walter |date=2009-09-01 |title=A new Early Miocene genus of the family Sciaenidae (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the eastern Paratethys |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631068309000438#bib3 |journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |volume=8 |issue=6 |pages=535–544 |doi=10.1016/j.crpv.2009.03.001 |bibcode=2009CRPal...8..535B |issn=1631-0683}}</ref>
* †''[[Chaoia]]'' <small>Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018</small> [<nowiki/>otolith]''<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Bannikov |first1=A. F. |last2=Schwarzhans |first2=Werner |last3=Carnevale |first3=Giorgio |date=November 2018 |title=Neogene Paratethyan croakers (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328072951 |journal=Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia |volume=124 |issue=3 |pages=535–571}}</ref>''
* †''[[Croatosciaena]]'' <small>Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018</small><ref name=":2" />
* †''[[Diaphyodus]]'' <small>von Schafhäutl, 1863</small><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Bellwood |first1=David R. |last2=Schultz |first2=Ortwin |last3=Siqueira |first3=Alexandre C. |last4=Cowman |first4=Peter F. |date=2019 |title=A review of the fossil record of the Labridae |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26595690 |journal=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie |volume=121 |pages=125–194 |jstor=26595690 |issn=0255-0091}}</ref>
* †''[[Equetulus]]'' <small>Aguilera & Schwarzhans, 2014</small> [otolith]<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal |last1=Aguilera |first1=Orangel |last2=Schwarzhans |first2=Werner |last3=Moraes-Santos |first3=Heloísa |last4=Nepomuceno |first4=Aguinaldo |date=2014-12-01 |title=Before the flood: Miocene otoliths from eastern Amazon Pirabas Formation reveal a Caribbean-type fish fauna |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0895981114001333 |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=56 |pages=422–446 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2014.09.021 |bibcode=2014JSAES..56..422A |issn=0895-9811|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Stringer |first1=Gary L. |last2=Ebersole |first2=Jun A. |last3=Ebersole |first3=Sandy M. |date=2020-09-01 |title=First description of the fossil otolith-based sciaenid, Equetulus silverdalensis n. comb., in the Gulf Coastal Plain, USA, with comments on the enigmatic distribution of the species |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7c85q2cw |journal=PaleoBios |language=en |volume=37 |doi=10.5070/P9371049670 |issn=0031-0298|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* †''[[Jefitchia]]'' <small>[[Donald L. Frizzell|Frizzell]] & [[John H. Dante|Dante]], 1965</small><ref name="FD">{{cite journal |author1=Don L. Frizzell |author2=John H. Dante |year=1965 |title=Otoliths of some early Cenozoic fishes of the Gulf Coast |journal=Journal of Paleontology |volume=39 |issue=4 |pages=687–718}}</ref>
* †''[[Landinisciaena]]'' <small>Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018</small><ref name=":2" />
* †''[[Leptosciaena]]'' <small>Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018</small> [otolith]''<ref name=":2" />''
* †''[[Lompoquia]]'' <small>[[David Starr Jordan|Jordan]] & Gilbert, 1919</small>
* †''[[Pebasciaena]]'' <small>Schwarzhans, Aguilera, Scheyer & Carrillo-Briceño, 2022</small> [otolith]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Schwarzhans |first1=Werner W. |last2=Aguilera |first2=Orangel A. |last3=Scheyer |first3=Torsten M. |last4=Carrillo-Briceño |first4=Jorge D. |date=2022-02-24 |title=Fish otoliths from the middle Miocene Pebas Formation of the Peruvian Amazon |journal=Swiss Journal of Palaeontology |language=en |volume=141 |issue=1 |pages=2 |doi=10.1186/s13358-022-00243-5 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2022SwJP..141....2S |issn=1664-2384}}</ref>
* †''[[Pontosciaena]]'' <small>Bannikov, Schwarzhans & Carnevale, 2018</small> [otolith]''<ref name=":2" />''
* †''[[Protolarimus]]'' <small>Aguilera & Schwarzhans, 2014</small> [otolith]<ref name=":4" />
* ?†''[[Pseudoumbrina]]'' <small>Menner, 1948</small><ref name=":1" />
* †''[[Taosciaena]]'' <small>Lin & Chien, 2022</small> [otolith]<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Lin |first1=Chien-Hsiang |last2=Chien |first2=Chi-Wei |date=2022-02-01 |title=Late Miocene otoliths from northern Taiwan: insights into the rarely known Neogene coastal fish community of the subtropical northwest Pacific |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2021.1916012 |journal=Historical Biology |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=361–382 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2021.1916012 |bibcode=2022HBio...34..361L |issn=0891-2963|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* †''[[Trewasciaena]]'' <small>Schwarzhans, 1993</small>''<ref name=":2" />''<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Přikryl |first1=T. |last2=Brzobohatý |first2=R. |last3=Carnevale |first3=G. |date=2021-01-10 |title=Skeletal remains with otoliths in situ of the Miocene croaker Trewasciaena cf. kokeni (Teleostei, Sciaenidae) from the Pannonian of the Vienna Basin |url=http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/contents/art1813 |journal=Bulletin of Geosciences |pages=19–28 |doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1813 |issn=1802-8225|doi-access=free }}</ref> 
The fossil genus ''[[Ioscion]]'' may be either a drumfish or belong to its own family more closely related to [[Carangidae|carangids]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=California Academy of Sciences |url=https://archive.org/details/occasionalpaper00calif/occasionalpaper00calif/ |title=Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences |date=1890 |publisher=San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences |others=California Academy of Sciences}}</ref>

The former [[Paratethys|Paratethys Sea]] appears to have been a hotspot of endemism for many of these extinct sciaenid taxa, as many articulated remains and otoliths are known from this region.''<ref name=":2" />''