Sciaenid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae.

    "Sciaenids constitute about 70,000 tonnes of the present demersal catch of the west coast. George, et al. estimated an additional potential of about 90,000 tonnes of sciaenids from the west coast."

  2. 2
    widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound wordnet

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croakercroakerdrumdrumfishsciaenid fishsciaenid fish

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"Sciaenids constitute about 70,000 tonnes of the present demersal catch of the west coast. George, et al. estimated an additional potential of about 90,000 tonnes of sciaenids from the west coast."

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