yellowfin croaker
Umbrina roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
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 yellowfin croaker (Umbrina roncador) is a species of croaker occurring from the Gulf of California, Mexico, to Point Conception, California. They frequent bays, channels, harbors and other nearshore waters over sandy bottoms. These croakers are more abundant along beaches during the summer months and may move to deeper water in winter. There is no set size limit for the yellowfin croaker.
Other common names include yellowfin drum, Catalina croaker, yellowtailed croaker, and golden croaker.
Wikipedia contributors, Yellowfin croaker; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:50:51.655366+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Umbrina roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Name authority
- Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
- Common name
- yellowfin 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 roncador Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
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 |
| fusca drumUmbrina ronchus Valenciennes, 1843 | 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 thompsoni Hubbs, 1921 Hubbs, 1921 | 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.
- Jordan, D. S., & Gilbert, C. H. (1882). List of fishes collected by Lieut. Henry E. Nichols, U. S. N., in the Gulf of California and on the west coast of Lower California, with descriptions of four new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 4 (no. 227): 273–279. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.4-227.273 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:7DGD5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.