longfin croaker
Umbrina dorsalis Gill, 1862
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Umbrina dorsalis Gill, 1862
- Name authority
- Gill, 1862
- Common name
- longfin croaker
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Umbrina
- 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
- genusUmbrina Cuvier, 1816
- speciesUmbrina dorsalis Gill, 1862
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Umbrina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Umbrina imberbis Günther, 1873 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Umbrina galapagorum Steindachner, 1878 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Umbrina milliae Miller, 1971 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fusca drumUmbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowfin croakerUmbrina roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| surf croakerUmbrina xanti Gill, 1862 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longspine croakerUmbrina analis Günther, 1868 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| sand drumUmbrina coroides Cuvier, 1830 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Canary drumUmbrina canariensis Valenciennes, 1843 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye croakerUmbrina bussingi López S., 1980 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Gill, T. N. (1862). Catalogue of the fishes of Lower California in the Smithsonian Institution collected by Mr. J. Xantus. Part III. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, v. 14: 249–262. 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:7DGB7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.