Pogonias

Pogonias is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae. It was formerly believed to be a monotypic genus only containing the black drum, but a second species was re-described in 2019.[1]

Pogonias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Pogonias
Lacepède, 1801
Type species
Pogonias cromis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Species

2, see text

Species

There are currently two described species:[1][2]

References

  1. Azpelicueta, María de las Mercedes; Delpiani, Sergio Matías; Cione, Alberto Luis; Oliveira, Claudio; Marceniuk, Alexandre Pires; Astarloa, Juan Martín Díaz de (2019-06-19). "Morphology and molecular evidence support the validity of Pogonias courbina (Lacepède, 1803) (Teleostei: Sciaenidae), with a redescription and neotype designation". PLOS ONE. 14 (6): e0216280. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216280. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6584015. PMID 31216281.
  2. Tellechea, Javier S.; Norbis, Walter; Olsson, Daniela; Fine, Michael L. (2010-11-08). "Calls of the black drum (Pogonias cromis: Sciaenidae): geographical differences in sound production between northern and southern hemisphere populations". Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology. 315A (1): 48–55. doi:10.1002/jez.651. ISSN 1932-5223.


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