sciaenid
/sʌɪˈiːnɪd
/noun Zoology
A fish of the drum family (Sciaenidae), whose members are mainly marine and important for food or sport.It is dominated by shallow water sciaenids and carcharhinid sharks....
- He describes ‘croak’ sounds caused by pharyngeal stridulation from captive sciaenids.
Origin
Early 20th century: from modern Latin Sciaenidae (plural), from the genus name Sciaena, from Greek skiaina, denoting a kind of fish.