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Northern Kingfish

Menticirrhus saxatilis

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Menticirrhus saxatilis, the northern kingfish or northern kingcroaker, is a species of marine fish in the family Sciaenidae (commonly known as the "drum" or "croaker" family). It lives in the shallow coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Robertson & Van Tassell D. & J., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/caribbean/resources/img/images/species/3792_4364.jpg
  2. Wikimedia Commons, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Menticirrhus_saxatilis_%28line_arg%29.jpg
  3. New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Annual_report_(1903)_(14565264610).jpg
  4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menticirrhus_saxatilis

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