Croakers & Drums

Croakers & Drums

Freshwater Drum

- [family Sciaenidae]
Croakers and Drums (basically the same type of fish under different names) get their name from being noisy fish that make croaking and drumming sounds underwater. Corvina is a Spanish name for many fish in this family.

Freshwater Drum - [Aplodinotus grunniens]
A large fish found in large non-freezing lakes and rivers in North and Central America
Yellow Croaker
This is confusing. There's two fish called Yellow Croaker in Southern California, often sold in the same market.
Corvina - [Yellowfish, Yellow Croaker, Larimichthys polyactis]
See the entry for Yellow Croaker above for the confusion surrounding this fish.
Yellow Croaker - [Yellowfish, Pseudosciaena manchurica]
See the entry for Yellow Croaker above for the confusion surrounding this fish.