fusca drum
Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843
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
Umbrina ronchus, the fusca drum, slender baardman, roncador, fusca croaker or slender tasselfish, is a species of croaker or drum from the family Sciaenidae which is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia contributors, Umbrina ronchus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:52:45.932780+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Umbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843
- Name authority
- Valenciennes, 1843
- Common name
- fusca drum
- 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 ronchus Valenciennes, 1843
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 |
|---|---|---|
| longfin croakerUmbrina dorsalis Gill, 1862 | SciaenidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Sciaena capensis (Pappe, 1853) (Pappe, 1853) | synonym |
| Umbrina fusca Dardignac, 1958 Dardignac, 1958 | synonym |
| Umbrina angustilineata Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911 Gilchrist & Thompson, 1911 | synonym |
| Corvina ronchus (Valenciennes, 1843) (Valenciennes, 1843) | ambiguous synonym |
| Sciaena robinsoni (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) | synonym |
| Umbrina robinsoni Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 | synonym |
| Umbrina capensis Pappe, 1853 Pappe, 1853 | 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.
- Valenciennes, A. (1837). Ichthyologie des îles Canaries, ou histoire naturelle des poissons rapportés par Webb & Berthelot. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot. Histoire Naturelle Des Îles Canaries. Paris., v. 2 (pt 2): 1–109, 26 pls. 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:7DGD4. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.