n = 152
| Scientific Name | Author | Valid Name | Family | English Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sciaena abumgaterin | Fabricius, 1775 | Plectorhinchus gaterinus | Haemulidae | Blackspotted rubberlip |
| Sciaena albida | (Cuvier, 1830) | Daysciaena albida | Sciaenidae | Bengal corvina |
| Sciaena aluta | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Stellifer chrysoleuca | Sciaenidae | Shortnose stardrum |
| Sciaena aneus | (Bloch, 1793) | Pennahia aneus | Sciaenidae | Donkey croaker |
| Sciaena angolensis | Norman, 1935 | Miracorvina angolensis | Sciaenidae | Angola croaker |
| Sciaena antarctica | Castelnau, 1872 | Argyrosomus japonicus | Sciaenidae | Japanese meagre |
| Sciaena antarctica rex | Whitley, 1945 | Protonibea diacanthus | Sciaenidae | Blackspotted croaker |
| Sciaena aquila | (Lacepède, 1803) | Argyrosomus regius | Sciaenidae | Meagre |
| Sciaena argentata | Gmelin, 1789 | Lutjanus argentimaculatus | Lutjanidae | Mangrove red snapper |
| Sciaena argentea | Forsskål, 1775 | Pomadasys argenteus | Haemulidae | Silver grunt |
| Sciaena argentimaculata | Forsskål, 1775 | Lutjanus argentimaculatus | Lutjanidae | Mangrove red snapper |
| Sciaena armata | Forsskål, 1775 | Atropus armatus | Carangidae | Longfin trevally |
| Sciaena axillaris | (Cuvier, 1830) | Kathala axillaris | Sciaenidae | Kathala croaker |
| Sciaena barbata | Larrañaga, 1923 | Pogonias cromis | Sciaenidae | Black drum |
| Sciaena bathytatos | Chao & Miller, 1975 | Protosciaena bathytatos | Sciaenidae | Deep-water drum |
| Sciaena bedoti | Regan, 1905 | Bairdiella ronchus | Sciaenidae | Ground croaker |
| Sciaena belangeri | (Cuvier, 1830) | Johnius belangerii | Sciaenidae | Belanger's croaker |
| Sciaena belengeri | (Cuvier, 1830) | Johnius belangerii | Sciaenidae | Belanger's croaker |
| Sciaena bleekeri | Day, 1876 | Argyrosomus amoyensis | Sciaenidae | Amoy croaker |
| Sciaena bohar | Fabricius, 1775 | Lutjanus bohar | Lutjanidae | Two-spot red snapper |
| Sciaena callaensis | Hildebrand, 1946 | Sciaena callaensis | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena caprodes | Rafinesque, 1818 | Percina caprodes | Percidae | Logperch |
| Sciaena carutta | (Bloch, 1793) | Johnius carutta | Sciaenidae | Karut croaker |
| Sciaena cataphracta | Thunberg, 1790 | Monocentris japonica | Monocentridae | Pineconefish |
| Sciaena cestreus | Gronow, 1854 | Umbrina cirrosa | Sciaenidae | Shi drum |
| Sciaena ciliata | Lacepède, 1802 | Parupeneus ciliatus | Mullidae | Whitesaddle goatfish |
| Sciaena cinerascens | Forsskål, 1775 | Kyphosus cinerascens | Kyphosidae | Blue sea chub |
| Sciaena cirrosa | Linnaeus, 1758 | Umbrina cirrosa | Sciaenidae | Shi drum |
| Sciaena coitor | (Hamilton, 1822) | Johnius coitor | Sciaenidae | Coitor croaker |
| Sciaena crocea | Richardson, 1846 | Larimichthys crocea | Sciaenidae | Large yellow croaker |
| Sciaena croker | Lacepède, 1802 | Micropogonias undulatus | Sciaenidae | Atlantic croaker |
| Sciaena cuja | (Hamilton, 1822) | Macrospinosa cuja | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena cylindrica | Bloch, 1792 | Parapercis cylindrica | Pinguipedidae | Cylindrical sandperch |
| Sciaena deliciosa | (Tschudi, 1846) | Sciaena deliciosa | Sciaenidae | Lorna drum |
| Sciaena diacantha | Bloch, 1792 | Dicentrarchus labrax | Moronidae | European seabass |
| Sciaena diacanthus | (Lacepède, 1802) | Protonibea diacanthus | Sciaenidae | Blackspotted croaker |
| Sciaena distincta | Tanaka, 1916 | Johnius distinctus | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena dubia | Fowler & Bean, 1923 | Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus | Sciaenidae | Barbel drum |
| Sciaena dussumieri | (Cuvier, 1830) | Johnius dussumieri | Sciaenidae | Sin croaker |
| Sciaena dussumierii | (Cuvier, 1830) | Johnius dussumieri | Sciaenidae | Sin croaker |
| Sciaena elongata | Bowdich, 1825 | Pseudotolithus elongatus | Sciaenidae | Bobo croaker |
| Sciaena ensifera | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Bairdiella ensifera | Sciaenidae | Swordspine croaker |
| Sciaena epipercus | (Bleeker, 1863) | Pseudotolithus epipercus | Sciaenidae | Guinea croaker |
| Sciaena ericymba | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Stellifer ericymba | Sciaenidae | Hollow stardrum |
| Sciaena faetela | Fabricius, 1775 | Plectorhinchus faetela | Haemulidae | |
| Sciaena fasciata | (Tschudi, 1846) | Cheilotrema fasciatum | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena formosa | Shaw, 1812 | Cephalopholis formosa | Epinephelidae | Bluelined hind |
| Sciaena fulviflamma | Forsskål, 1775 | Lutjanus fulviflamma | Lutjanidae | Dory snapper |
| Sciaena gaterina | Fabricius, 1775 | Plectorhinchus gaterinus | Haemulidae | Blackspotted rubberlip |
| Sciaena gaterina faetela | Fabricius, 1775 | Plectorhinchus faetela | Haemulidae | |
| Sciaena gaterina var. faetela | Fabricius, 1775 | Plectorhinchus faetela | Haemulidae | |
| Sciaena ghanam | Fabricius, 1775 | Scolopsis ghanam | Nemipteridae | Arabian monocle bream |
| Sciaena gibba | Forsskål, 1775 | Lutjanus gibbus | Lutjanidae | Humpback red snapper |
| Sciaena gilberti | Abbott, 1899 | Cilus gilberti | Sciaenidae | Corvina drum |
| Sciaena glaucus | Day, 1876 | Johnius glaucus | Sciaenidae | Pale spotfin croaker |
| Sciaena goma | Tanaka, 1915 | Protonibea diacanthus | Sciaenidae | Blackspotted croaker |
| Sciaena grandoculis | Forsskål, 1775 | Monotaxis grandoculis | Lethrinidae | Humpnose big-eye bream |
| Sciaena grisea | Lesueur, 1822 | Aplodinotus grunniens | Sciaenidae | Freshwater drum |
| Sciaena hamrur | Fabricius, 1775 | Priacanthus hamrur | Priacanthidae | Moontail bullseye |
| Sciaena harak | Fabricius, 1775 | Lethrinus harak | Lethrinidae | Thumbprint emperor |
| Sciaena heinii | Steindachner, 1902 | Argyrosomus heinii | Sciaenidae | Arabian sea meagre |
| Sciaena heptacantha | Lacepède, 1802 | Parupeneus heptacanthus | Mullidae | Cinnabar goatfish |
| Sciaena heterolepis | (Bleeker, 1873) | Johnius heterolepis | Sciaenidae | Large-scale croaker |
| Sciaena hololepidota | Smith, 1842 | Argyrosomus hololepidotus | Sciaenidae | Southern meagre |
| Sciaena hololepidotus | Smith, 1842 | Argyrosomus hololepidotus | Sciaenidae | Southern meagre |
| Sciaena icistia | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Bairdiella icistia | Sciaenidae | Ronco croaker |
| Sciaena iharae | Jordan & Metz, 1913 | Pennahia argentata | Sciaenidae | Silver croaker |
| Sciaena imiceps | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Ophioscion imiceps | Sciaenidae | Blinkard croaker |
| Sciaena incerta | Vinciguerra, 1926 | Chrysochir aureus | Sciaenidae | Reeve's croaker |
| Sciaena jaculatrix | Pallas, 1767 | Toxotes jaculatrix | Toxotidae | Banded archerfish |
| Sciaena japonica | Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 | Argyrosomus japonicus | Sciaenidae | Japanese meagre |
| Sciaena japonica cataphracta | Thunberg, 1790 | Monocentris japonica | Monocentridae | Pineconefish |
| Sciaena jarbua | Fabricius, 1775 | Terapon jarbua | Terapontidae | Jarbua terapon |
| Sciaena kasmira | Fabricius, 1775 | Lutjanus kasmira | Lutjanidae | Common bluestripe snapper |
| Sciaena labrax | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Dicentrarchus labrax | Moronidae | European seabass |
| Sciaena lata | Solander, 1842 | Pagrus auratus | Sparidae | Silver seabream |
| Sciaena leptolepis | Ogilby, 1918 | Nibea leptolepis | Sciaenidae | Small scale croaker |
| Sciaena lineata | Bloch, 1792 | Morone saxatilis | Moronidae | Striped bass |
| Sciaena lineata | Forster, 1844 | Latris lineata | Latridae | Striped trumpeter |
| Sciaena lucida | Richardson, 1844 | Collichthys lucidus | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena macrolepidota | Bloch, 1792 | Ophiocara macrolepidota | Butidae | |
| Sciaena macrophthalmus | (Bleeker, 1849) | Pennahia aneus | Sciaenidae | Donkey croaker |
| Sciaena macropterus | (Bleeker, 1853) | Johnius macropterus | Sciaenidae | Largefin croaker |
| Sciaena maculata | Bloch, 1792 | Dormitator maculatus | Eleotridae | Fat sleeper |
| Sciaena maeandratus | Solander, 1842 | Aplodactylus arctidens | Aplodactylidae | Marblefish |
| Sciaena magdalenae | Steindachner, 1878 | Plagioscion surinamensis | Sciaenidae | Pacora |
| Sciaena mahsena | Fabricius, 1775 | Lethrinus mahsena | Lethrinidae | Sky emperor |
| Sciaena malabarica | Bloch & Schneider, 1801 | Sillago sihama | Sillaginidae | Silver sillago |
| Sciaena manchurica | Jordan & Thompson, 1911 | Larimichthys polyactis | Sciaenidae | Yellow croaker |
| Sciaena margaritifera | Haly, 1875 | Argyrosomus japonicus | Sciaenidae | Japanese meagre |
| Sciaena marleyi | Norman, 1922 | Atrobucca marleyi | Sciaenidae | African blackmouth croaker |
| Sciaena mbizi | Poll, 1950 | Pentheroscion mbizi | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena melanura | Pallas, 1814 | Diplodus annularis | Sparidae | Annular seabream |
| Sciaena miiuy | Basilewsky, 1855 | Miichthys miiuy | Sciaenidae | Mi-iuy croaker |
| Sciaena miles | (Cuvier, 1829) | Nibea soldado | Sciaenidae | Soldier croaker |
| Sciaena mitsukurii | (Jordan & Snyder, 1900) | Nibea mitsukurii | Sciaenidae | Honnibe croaker |
| Sciaena moori | (Günther, 1865) | Pseudotolithus moorii | Sciaenidae | Cameroon croaker |
| Sciaena muelleri | Steindachner, 1879 | Nibea soldado | Sciaenidae | Soldier croaker |
| Sciaena mugil | Forster, 1801 | Kuhlia mugil | Kuhliidae | Barred flagtail |
| Sciaena multifasciata | Lesueur, 1822 | Leiostomus xanthurus | Sciaenidae | Spot croaker |
| Sciaena murdjan | Fabricius, 1775 | Myripristis murdjan | Holocentridae | Pinecone soldierfish |
| Sciaena nasus | Steindachner, 1866 | Johnius belangerii | Sciaenidae | Belanger's croaker |
| Sciaena nebulosa | Forsskål, 1775 | Lethrinus nebulosus | Lethrinidae | Spangled emperor |
| Sciaena neglecta | Ramsay & Ogilby, 1887 | Argyrosomus japonicus | Sciaenidae | Japanese meagre |
| Sciaena nibe | Jordan & Thompson, 1911 | Atrobucca nibe | Sciaenidae | Blackmouth croaker |
| Sciaena nigra | Forsskål, 1775 | Macolor niger | Lutjanidae | Black and white snapper |
| Sciaena nigrita | (Cuvier, 1830) | Pseudotolithus elongatus | Sciaenidae | Bobo croaker |
| Sciaena novaehollandiae | Steindachner, 1866 | Johnius novaehollandiae | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena obsoleta | Forsskål, 1775 | Lethrinus obsoletus | Lethrinidae | Orange-striped emperor |
| Sciaena ogiwara | Nichols, 1913 | Larimichthys polyactis | Sciaenidae | Yellow croaker |
| Sciaena opercularis | Quoy & Gaimard, 1825 | Micropogonias furnieri | Sciaenidae | Whitemouth croaker |
| Sciaena ophiceps | Alcock, 1889 | Chrysochir aureus | Sciaenidae | Reeve's croaker |
| Sciaena ophioscion | (Günther, 1868) | Ophioscion typicus | Sciaenidae | Point-nosed croaker |
| Sciaena oscitans | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Stellifer oscitans | Sciaenidae | Yawning stardrum |
| Sciaena oscula | Lesueur, 1822 | Aplodinotus grunniens | Sciaenidae | Freshwater drum |
| Sciaena ossea | Day, 1876 | Johnius dussumieri | Sciaenidae | Sin croaker |
| Sciaena osseus | Day, 1876 | Johnius dussumieri | Sciaenidae | Sin croaker |
| Sciaena parva | Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908 | Johnius dorsalis | Sciaenidae | Small kob |
| Sciaena perissa | Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 | Pareques perissa | Sciaenidae | Odd highhat |
| Sciaena punctata | Bloch, 1792 | Dicentrarchus punctatus | Moronidae | Spotted seabass |
| Sciaena ramak | Forsskål, 1775 | Lethrinus obsoletus | Lethrinidae | Orange-striped emperor |
| Sciaena reedi | (Günther, 1880) | Umbrina reedi | Sciaenidae | |
| Sciaena regius | (Asso, 1801) | Argyrosomus regius | Sciaenidae | Meagre |
| Sciaena robinsoni | (Gilchrist & Thompson, 1908) | Umbrina ronchus | Sciaenidae | Fusca drum |
| Sciaena rubra | Forsskål, 1775 | Sargocentron rubrum | Holocentridae | Redcoat |
| Sciaena russelli | (Cuvier, 1829) | Dendrophysa russelii | Sciaenidae | Goatee croaker |
| Sciaena safgha | Fabricius, 1775 | Ambassis natalensis | Ambassidae | Slender glassy |
| Sciaena sammara | Fabricius, 1775 | Neoniphon sammara | Holocentridae | Sammara squirrelfish |
| Sciaena saturna | (Girard, 1858) | Cheilotrema saturnum | Sciaenidae | Black croaker |
| Sciaena sauvagei | Rochebrune, 1880 | Pseudotolithus senegallus | Sciaenidae | Law croaker |
| Sciaena schotaf | Forsskål, 1775 | Plectorhinchus schotaf | Haemulidae | Minstrel sweetlips |
| Sciaena sciera | Jordan & Gilbert, 1884 | Ophioscion scierus | Sciaenidae | Point-Tuza croaker |
| Sciaena semiluctuosa | (Cuvier, 1830) | Paranibea semiluctuosa | Sciaenidae | Half-mourning croaker |
| Sciaena senegalensis | (Valenciennes, 1833) | Pseudotolithus senegalensis | Sciaenidae | Cassava croaker |
| Sciaena siamensis | Hora, 1924 | Johnius borneensis | Sciaenidae | Sharpnose hammer croaker |
| Sciaena sina | (Cuvier, 1830) | Johnius dussumieri | Sciaenidae | Sin croaker |
| Sciaena sinuata | (Day, 1876) | Umbrina canariensis | Sciaenidae | Canary drum |
| Sciaena spinifera | Forsskål, 1775 | Sargocentron spiniferum | Holocentridae | Sabre squirrelfish |
| Sciaena squamosissima | Heckel, 1840 | Plagioscion squamosissimus | Sciaenidae | South American silver croaker |
| Sciaena stridens | Forsskål, 1775 | Pomadasys stridens | Haemulidae | Striped piggy |
| Sciaena tahmel | Forsskål, 1775 | Kyphosus cinerascens | Kyphosidae | Blue sea chub |
| Sciaena thompsoni | Hubbs, 1921 | Umbrina roncador | Sciaenidae | Yellowfin drum |
| Sciaena trewavasae | Chao & Miller, 1975 | Protosciaena trewavasae | Sciaenidae | New Grenada drum |
| Sciaena trutta | Forster, 1801 | Arripis trutta | Arripidae | Australian salmon |
| Sciaena truttaceus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Arripis truttacea | Arripidae | Western Australian salmon |
| Sciaena typica | (Gill, 1863) | Ophioscion typicus | Sciaenidae | Point-nosed croaker |
| Sciaena umbra | Linnaeus, 1758 | Sciaena umbra | Sciaenidae | Brown meagre |
| Sciaena undecimalis | Bloch, 1792 | Centropomus undecimalis | Centropomidae | Common snook |
| Sciaena unimaculata | Meuschen, 1781 | Amphiprion polymnus | Pomacentridae | Saddleback clownfish |
| Sciaena vittata | Lacepède, 1802 | Grammistes sexlineatus | Grammistidae | Goldenstriped soapfish |
| Sciaena vogleri | (Bleeker, 1853) | Johnius borneensis | Sciaenidae | Sharpnose hammer croaker |
| Sciaena wieneri | Sauvage, 1883 | Robaloscion wieneri | Sciaenidae | Robalo drum |