Game FishingSunfish Family, Centrarchidae
Bass Family, Serranidae
Sea-Bass Family, Serranidae
Pike Family, Esocidae
Perch Family, Percidae
Grayling Familiy, Thymallidae
Salmon Family, Salmonidae
Drum Family, Sciaenidae<
Weakfish
Bastard weakfish
Kingfish
Croaker
Lafayette
Fresh-water drumfish
Minnow Family, Cyprinidae
Catfish Family, Siluridae
Sheepshead Family, Sparidae
Mackerel Family, Scombridae
Grunt Family, Haemulidae
Grouper Family, Serranidae
Snapper family, Lutianidae
Porgy family, Sparidae
Cavalli family, Carangidae
Freshwater Fish
Bottom Freshwater Fish types
Saltwater Fish
Bottom Saltwater Fish types
Fish information
Useful Fishing Sites
Drum Family, Sciaenidae
The drumfish or croaker family is quite a large one, comprising nearly one hundred and fifty species, inhabiting the sandy shores of the seas or the brackish water of the bays and estuaries, sometimes ascending tributary rivers to fresh water; the fresh-water drum, hereafter to be described, however, is the only species permanently residing in fresh water.The members of this family have usually an elongate body, with rough-edged (ctenoid) scales; the dorsal fin is deeply notched, or in some species separated into two fins, with the soft-rayed portion, or the second dorsal, composed of many rays, while the spiny-rayed portion has but few; some have barbels, but all have large ear-bones; the air-bladder is usually large and complicated, and is supposed to be the source of the drumming, croaking, or grunting sounds common to most of the species.