blackbar drum
Pareques iwamotoi Miller & Woods, 1988
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The blackbar drum (Pareques iwamotoi) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the genus Pareques in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Blackbar drum; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T03:32:39.829136+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Pareques iwamotoi Miller & Woods, 1988
- Name authority
- Miller & Woods, 1988
- Common name
- blackbar drum
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Pareques
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familySciaenidae Cuvier, 1829
- genusPareques Gill, 1876
- speciesPareques iwamotoi Miller & Woods, 1988
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Pareques. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| croakerPareques umbrosus (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rock croakerPareques viola (Gilbert, 1898) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| high-hatPareques acuminatus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| festive drumPareques fuscovittatus (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pareques lanfeari (Barton, 1947) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Pareques perissa (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Equetus iwamotoi (Miller & Woods, 1988) (Miller & Woods, 1988) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Miller, G. C., & Woods, L. P. (1988). A new species of sciaenid fish, Pareques iwamotoi, from the western Atlantic, with color descriptions of prejuvenile and juvenile Pareques acuminatus and Pareques umbrosus. Bulletin of Marine Science, 43 (1): 88–92. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4DL7J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.