| Scientific Name | Author | English Name |
|---|---|---|
| Aplodinotus grunniens | Rafinesque, 1819 | Freshwater drum |
| Argyrosomus amoyensis | (Bleeker, 1863) | Amoy croaker |
| Argyrosomus beccus | Sasaki, 1994 | |
| Argyrosomus coronus | Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995 | Dusky kob |
| Argyrosomus heinii | (Steindachner, 1902) | Arabian sea meagre |
| Argyrosomus hololepidotus | (Lacepède, 1801) | Southern meagre |
| Argyrosomus inodorus | Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995 | Mild meagre |
| Argyrosomus japonicus | (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) | Japanese meagre |
| Argyrosomus regius | (Asso, 1801) | Meagre |
| Argyrosomus thorpei | Smith, 1977 | Squaretail kob |
| Aspericorvina jubata | (Bleeker, 1855) | Prickly croaker |
| Atractoscion aequidens | (Cuvier, 1830) | Geelbeck croaker |
| Atractoscion atelodus | (Günther, 1867) | Small lunate caudal fin croaker |
| Atractoscion macrolepis | Song, Kim & Kim, 2017 | Large scale lunate caudal fin croaker |
| Atractoscion microlepis | Song, Kim & Kang, 2017 | Small scale lunate caudal fin croaker |
| Atractoscion nobilis | (Ayres, 1860) | White weakfish |
| Atrobucca adusta | Sasaki & Kailola, 1988 | Scorched croaker |
| Atrobucca alcocki | Talwar, 1980 | |
| Atrobucca antonbruun | Sasaki, 1995 | |
| Atrobucca bengalensis | Sasaki, 1995 | |
| Atrobucca brevis | Sasaki & Kailola, 1988 | Orange croaker |
| Atrobucca geniae | Ben-Tuvia & Trewavas, 1987 | |
| Atrobucca kyushini | Sasaki & Kailola, 1988 | Black-spot croaker |
| Atrobucca marleyi | (Norman, 1922) | African blackmouth croaker |
| Atrobucca nibe | (Jordan & Thompson, 1911) | Blackmouth croaker |
| Atrobucca trewavasae | Talwar & Sathirajan, 1975 | |
| Austronibea oedogenys | Trewavas, 1977 | Yellowtail croaker |
| Bahaba chaptis | (Hamilton, 1822) | Chaptis bahaba |
| Bahaba polykladiskos | (Bleeker, 1852) | Spine bahaba |
| Bahaba taipingensis | (Herre, 1932) | Chinese bahaba |
| Bairdiella armata | Gill, 1863 | Armed croaker |
| Bairdiella chrysoura | (Lacepède, 1802) | Goldtail croaker |
| Bairdiella ensifera | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Swordspine croaker |
| Bairdiella goeldi | Marceniuk, Molina, Caires, Rotundo, Wosiacki & Oliveira, 2019 | |
| Bairdiella icistia | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Ronco croaker |
| Bairdiella ronchus | (Cuvier, 1830) | Ground croaker |
| Bairdiella veraecrucis | Jordan & Dickerson, 1908 | |
| Boesemania microlepis | (Bleeker, 1858) | Boeseman croaker |
| Cheilotrema fasciatum | Tschudi, 1846 | |
| Cheilotrema saturnum | (Girard, 1858) | Black croaker |
| Chrysochir aureus | (Richardson, 1846) | Reeve's croaker |
| Cilus gilberti | (Abbott, 1899) | Corvina drum |
| Collichthys lucidus | (Richardson, 1844) | |
| Collichthys niveatus | Jordan & Starks, 1906 | |
| Corvula batabana | (Poey, 1860) | Blue croaker |
| Corvula macrops | (Steindachner, 1876) | Vacuocua croaker |
| Corvula sanctaeluciae | Jordan, 1890 | Striped croaker |
| Ctenosciaena gracilicirrhus | (Metzelaar, 1919) | Barbel drum |
| Ctenosciaena peruviana | Chirichigno F., 1969 | Peruvian barbel drum |
| Cynoscion acoupa | (Lacepède, 1801) | Acoupa weakfish |
| Cynoscion albus | (Günther, 1864) | Whitefin weakfish |
| Cynoscion analis | (Jenyns, 1842) | Peruvian weakfish |
| Cynoscion arenarius | Ginsburg, 1930 | Sand weakfish |
| Cynoscion guatucupa | (Cuvier, 1830) | Stripped weakfish |
| Cynoscion jamaicensis | (Vaillant & Bocourt, 1883) | Jamaica weakfish |
| Cynoscion leiarchus | (Cuvier, 1830) | Smooth weakfish |
| Cynoscion microlepidotus | (Cuvier, 1830) | Smallscale weakfish |
| Cynoscion nannus | Castro-Aguirre & Arvizu-Martinez, 1976 | Dwarf weakfish |
| Cynoscion nebulosus | (Cuvier, 1830) | Spotted weakfish |
| Cynoscion nortoni | Béarez, 2001 | hake weakfish |
| Cynoscion nothus | (Holbrook, 1848) | Silver seatrout |
| Cynoscion othonopterus | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Gulf weakfish |
| Cynoscion parvipinnis | Ayres, 1861 | Shortfin weakfish |
| Cynoscion phoxocephalus | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Cachema weakfish |
| Cynoscion praedatorius | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1889) | Boccone weakfish |
| Cynoscion regalis | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Squeteague |
| Cynoscion reticulatus | (Günther, 1864) | |
| Cynoscion similis | Randall & Cervigón, 1968 | Tonkin weakfish |
| Cynoscion squamipinnis | (Günther, 1867) | Weakfish |
| Cynoscion steindachneri | (Jordan, 1889) | Smalltooth weakfish |
| Cynoscion stolzmanni | (Steindachner, 1879) | Stolzmann's weakfish |
| Cynoscion striatus | (Cuvier, 1829) | Striped weakfish |
| Cynoscion virescens | (Cuvier, 1830) | Green weakfish |
| Cynoscion xanthulus | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Orangemouth weakfish |
| Daysciaena albida | (Cuvier, 1830) | Bengal corvina |
| Dendrophysa russelii | (Cuvier, 1829) | Goatee croaker |
| Elattarchus archidium | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Bluestreak drum |
| Eques lanceolatus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Jack-knifefish |
| Equetus punctatus | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Spotted drum |
| Genyonemus lineatus | (Ayres, 1855) | White croaker |
| Isopisthus parvipinnis | (Cuvier, 1830) | Bigtooth corvina |
| Isopisthus remifer | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Silver weakfish |
| Johnius amblycephalus | (Bleeker, 1855) | Bearded croaker |
| Johnius australis | (Günther, 1880) | Bottlenose jewfish |
| Johnius belangerii | (Cuvier, 1830) | Belanger's croaker |
| Johnius borneensis | (Bleeker, 1851) | Sharpnose hammer croaker |
| Johnius cantori | Bleeker, 1874 | |
| Johnius carouna | (Cuvier, 1830) | Caroun croaker |
| Johnius carutta | Bloch, 1793 | Karut croaker |
| Johnius coitor | (Hamilton, 1822) | Coitor croaker |
| Johnius distinctus | (Tanaka, 1916) | |
| Johnius dorsalis | (Peters, 1855) | Small kob |
| Johnius dussumieri | (Cuvier, 1830) | Sin croaker |
| Johnius elongatus | Lal Mohan, 1976 | Spindle croaker |
| Johnius fasciatus | Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963 | |
| Johnius fuscolineatus | (von Bonde, 1923) | Bellfish |
| Johnius gangeticus | Talwar, 1991 | |
| Johnius glaucus | (Day, 1876) | Pale spotfin croaker |
| Johnius goldmani | (Bleeker, 1855) | |
| Johnius grypotus | (Richardson, 1846) | |
| Johnius heterolepis | Bleeker, 1873 | Large-scale croaker |
| Johnius hypostoma | (Bleeker, 1854) | Small-mouth croaker |
| Johnius laevis | Sasaki & Kailola, 1991 | Smooth croaker |
| Johnius latifrons | Sasaki, 1992 | Broad-head croaker |
| Johnius macropterus | (Bleeker, 1853) | Largefin croaker |
| Johnius macrorhynus | (Lal Mohan, 1976) | Big-snout croaker |
| Johnius majan | Iwatsuki, Jawad & Al-Mamry, 2012 | Majan croaker |
| Johnius mannarensis | Lal Mohan, 1971 | Mannar croaker |
| Johnius novaeguineae | (Nichols, 1950) | Paperhead croaker |
| Johnius novaehollandiae | (Steindachner, 1866) | |
| Johnius pacificus | Hardenberg, 1941 | Pacific croaker |
| Johnius philippinus | Sasaki, 1999 | |
| Johnius plagiostoma | (Bleeker, 1849) | Large-eye croaker |
| Johnius taiwanensis | Chao, Chang, Chen, Guo, Lin, Liou, Shen & Liu, 2019 | |
| Johnius trachycephalus | (Bleeker, 1851) | Leaftail croaker |
| Johnius trewavasae | Sasaki, 1992 | Trewavas croaker |
| Johnius weberi | Hardenberg, 1936 | Weber's croaker |
| Kathala axillaris | (Cuvier, 1830) | Kathala croaker |
| Larimichthys crocea | (Richardson, 1846) | Large yellow croaker |
| Larimichthys pamoides | (Munro, 1964) | Southern yellow croaker |
| Larimichthys polyactis | (Bleeker, 1877) | Yellow croaker |
| Larimus acclivis | Jordan & Bristol, 1898 | Steeplined drum |
| Larimus argenteus | (Gill, 1863) | Silver drum |
| Larimus breviceps | Cuvier, 1830 | Shorthead drum |
| Larimus effulgens | Gilbert, 1898 | Shining drum |
| Larimus fasciatus | Holbrook, 1855 | Banded drum |
| Larimus pacificus | Jordan & Bollman, 1890 | Pacific drum |
| Leiostomus xanthurus | Lacepède, 1802 | Spot croaker |
| Lonchurus elegans | (Boeseman, 1948) | Blackfin croaker |
| Lonchurus lanceolatus | (Bloch, 1788) | Longtail croaker |
| Macrodon ancylodon | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | King weakfish |
| Macrodon atricauda | (Günther, 1880) | Southern King Weakfish |
| Macrodon mordax | (Gilbert & Starks, 1904) | Dogteeth weakfish |
| Macrospinosa cuja | (Hamilton, 1822) | |
| Megalonibea fusca | Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963 | |
| Menticirrhus americanus | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern kingcroaker |
| Menticirrhus elongatus | (Günther, 1864) | Pacific kingcroaker |
| Menticirrhus littoralis | (Holbrook, 1847) | Gulf kingcroaker |
| Menticirrhus nasus | (Günther, 1868) | Highfin king croaker |
| Menticirrhus ophicephalus | (Jenyns, 1840) | Snakehead kingcroaker |
| Menticirrhus paitensis | Hildebrand, 1946 | Paita kingcroaker |
| Menticirrhus panamensis | (Steindachner, 1876) | Panama kingcroaker |
| Menticirrhus saxatilis | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Northern kingfish |
| Menticirrhus undulatus | (Girard, 1854) | California kingcroaker |
| Micropogonias altipinnis | (Günther, 1864) | Tallfin croaker |
| Micropogonias ectenes | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Slender croaker |
| Micropogonias fasciatus | (de Buen, 1961) | |
| Micropogonias furnieri | (Desmarest, 1823) | Whitemouth croaker |
| Micropogonias megalops | (Gilbert, 1890) | |
| Micropogonias undulatus | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Atlantic croaker |
| Miichthys miiuy | (Basilewsky, 1855) | Mi-iuy croaker |
| Miracorvina angolensis | (Norman, 1935) | Angola croaker |
| Nebris microps | Cuvier, 1830 | Smalleye croaker |
| Nebris occidentalis | Vaillant, 1897 | Pacific smalleye croaker |
| Nibea albiflora | (Richardson, 1846) | Yellow drum |
| Nibea chui | Trewavas, 1971 | Chu's croaker |
| Nibea coibor | (Hamilton, 1822) | |
| Nibea leptolepis | (Ogilby, 1918) | Small scale croaker |
| Nibea maculata | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Blotched croaker |
| Nibea microgenys | Sasaki, 1992 | Small-jaw croaker |
| Nibea mitsukurii | (Jordan & Snyder, 1900) | Honnibe croaker |
| Nibea semifasciata | Chu, Lo & Wu, 1963 | Sharpnose croaker |
| Nibea soldado | (Lacepède, 1802) | Soldier croaker |
| Nibea squamosa | Sasaki, 1992 | Scale croaker |
| Odontoscion dentex | (Cuvier, 1830) | Reef croaker |
| Odontoscion eurymesops | (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) | Galapagos croaker |
| Odontoscion xanthops | Gilbert, 1898 | Yelloweye croaker |
| Ophioscion adustus | (Agassiz, 1831) | Croaker |
| Ophioscion costaricensis | Caldwell, 1958 | |
| Ophioscion imiceps | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Blinkard croaker |
| Ophioscion panamensis | Schultz, 1945 | Panama croaker |
| Ophioscion scierus | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1884) | Point-Tuza croaker |
| Ophioscion simulus | Gilbert, 1898 | Snub-nosed croaker |
| Ophioscion strabo | Gilbert, 1897 | Squint-eyed croaker |
| Ophioscion typicus | Gill, 1863 | Point-nosed croaker |
| Ophioscion vermicularis | (Günther, 1867) | Vermiculated croaker |
| Otolithes arabicus | Lin, Qurban, Shen & Chao, 2019 | |
| Otolithes cuvieri | Trewavas, 1974 | Lesser tigertooth croaker |
| Otolithes ruber | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | Tigertooth croaker |
| Otolithoides biauritus | (Cantor, 1849) | Bronze croaker |
| Otolithoides pama | (Hamilton, 1822) | Pama croaker |
| Pachypops fourcroi | (Lacepède, 1802) | Guyanan croaker |
| Pachypops pigmaeus | Casatti, 2002 | |
| Pachypops trifilis | (Müller & Troschel, 1849) | |
| Pachyurus adspersus | Steindachner, 1879 | Brazilian croaker |
| Pachyurus bonariensis | Steindachner, 1879 | La Plata croaker |
| Pachyurus calhamazon | Casatti, 2001 | |
| Pachyurus francisci | (Cuvier, 1830) | San Francisco croaker |
| Pachyurus gabrielensis | Casatti, 2001 | |
| Pachyurus junki | Soares & Casatti, 2000 | |
| Pachyurus paucirastrus | Aguilera, 1983 | |
| Pachyurus schomburgkii | Günther, 1860 | Amazon croaker |
| Pachyurus squamipennis | Agassiz, 1831 | |
| Pachyurus stewarti | Casatti & Chao, 2002 | |
| Panna heterolepis | Trewavas, 1977 | Hooghly croaker |
| Panna microdon | (Bleeker, 1849) | Panna croaker |
| Panna perarmata | (Chabanaud, 1926) | Armour croaker |
| Paralonchurus brasiliensis | (Steindachner, 1875) | Banded croaker |
| Paralonchurus dumerilii | (Bocourt, 1869) | Suco croaker |
| Paralonchurus goodei | Gilbert, 1898 | Goode croaker |
| Paralonchurus peruanus | (Steindachner, 1875) | Peruvian banded croaker |
| Paralonchurus petersii | Bocourt, 1869 | Peters' banded croaker |
| Paralonchurus rathbuni | (Jordan & Bollman, 1890) | Bearded banded croaker |
| Paranebris bauchotae | Chao, Béarez & Robertson, 2001 | |
| Paranibea semiluctuosa | (Cuvier, 1830) | Half-mourning croaker |
| Pareques acuminatus | (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | High-hat |
| Pareques fuscovittatus | (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912) | Fusco drum |
| Pareques iwamotoi | Miller & Woods, 1988 | Blackbar drum |
| Pareques lanfeari | (Barton, 1947) | Royal highhat |
| Pareques lineatus | (Cuvier, 1830) | |
| Pareques perissa | (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) | Odd highhat |
| Pareques umbrosus | (Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889) | Cubbyu |
| Pareques viola | (Gilbert, 1898) | Gungo highhat |
| Pennahia aneus | (Bloch, 1793) | Donkey croaker |
| Pennahia argentata | (Houttuyn, 1782) | Silver croaker |
| Pennahia macrocephalus | (Tang, 1937) | Big-head pennah croaker |
| Pennahia ovata | Sasaki, 1996 | |
| Pennahia pawak | (Lin, 1940) | Pawak croaker |
| Pentheroscion mbizi | (Poll, 1950) | |
| Petilipinnis grunniens | (Jardine & Schomburgk, 1843) | |
| Plagioscion auratus | (Castelnau, 1855) | Black curbinata |
| Plagioscion casattii | Aguilera & Rodrigues de Aguilera, 2001 | |
| Plagioscion montei | Soares & Casatti, 2000 | |
| Plagioscion pauciradiatus | Steindachner, 1917 | |
| Plagioscion squamosissimus | (Heckel, 1840) | South American silver croaker |
| Plagioscion surinamensis | (Bleeker, 1873) | Pacora |
| Plagioscion ternetzi | Boulenger, 1895 | Freshwater croaker |
| Pogonias cromis | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Black drum |
| Protonibea diacanthus | (Lacepède, 1802) | Blackspotted croaker |
| Protosciaena bathytatos | (Chao & Miller, 1975) | Deep-water drum |
| Protosciaena trewavasae | (Chao & Miller, 1975) | New Grenada drum |
| Pseudolarimichthys terengganui | (Seah, Hanafi, Mazlan & Chao, 2015) | |
| Pseudotolithus elongatus | (Bowdich, 1825) | Bobo croaker |
| Pseudotolithus epipercus | (Bleeker, 1863) | Guinea croaker |
| Pseudotolithus moorii | (Günther, 1865) | Cameroon croaker |
| Pseudotolithus senegalensis | (Valenciennes, 1833) | Cassava croaker |
| Pseudotolithus senegallus | (Cuvier, 1830) | Law croaker |
| Pseudotolithus typus | Bleeker, 1863 | Longneck croaker |
| Pteroscion peli | (Bleeker, 1863) | Boe drum |
| Pterotolithus lateoides | (Bleeker, 1849) | Bigmouth croaker |
| Pterotolithus maculatus | (Cuvier, 1830) | Blotched tiger-toothed croaker |
| Robaloscion wieneri | (Sauvage, 1883) | Robalo drum |
| Roncador stearnsii | (Steindachner, 1876) | Spotfin croaker |
| Sciaena callaensis | Hildebrand, 1946 | |
| Sciaena deliciosa | (Tschudi, 1846) | Lorna drum |
| Sciaena umbra | Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown meagre |
| Sciaenops ocellatus | (Linnaeus, 1766) | Red drum |
| Seriphus politus | Ayres, 1860 | Queen croaker |
| Sonorolux fluminis | Trewavas, 1977 | Estuary croaker |
| Stellifer brasiliensis | (Schultz, 1945) | |
| Stellifer cervigoni | Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021 | Black gill stardrum |
| Stellifer chaoi | Aguilera, Solano & Valdez, 1983 | |
| Stellifer chrysoleuca | (Günther, 1867) | Shortnose stardrum |
| Stellifer collettei | Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021 | Bigmouth stardrum |
| Stellifer colonensis | Meek & Hildebrand, 1925 | Stardrum |
| Stellifer ephelis | Chirichigno F., 1974 | |
| Stellifer ericymba | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Hollow stardrum |
| Stellifer fuerthii | (Steindachner, 1875) | White stardrum |
| Stellifer gomezi | (Cervigón, 2011) | |
| Stellifer griseus | Cervigón, 1966 | Gray stardrum |
| Stellifer illecebrosus | Gilbert, 1898 | Silver stardrum |
| Stellifer lanceolatus | (Holbrook, 1855) | American stardrum |
| Stellifer macallisteri | Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021 | Caribbean stardrum |
| Stellifer magoi | Aguilera, 1983 | |
| Stellifer mancorensis | Chirichigno F., 1962 | Smooth stardrum |
| Stellifer melanocheir | Eigenmann, 1918 | Black stardrum |
| Stellifer menezesi | Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021 | Brazilian stardrum |
| Stellifer microps | (Steindachner, 1864) | Smalleye stardrum |
| Stellifer minor | (Tschudi, 1846) | Minor stardrum |
| Stellifer musicki | Chao, Carvalho-Filho & Andrade Santos, 2021 | Bigeye stardrum |
| Stellifer naso | (Jordan, 1889) | |
| Stellifer oscitans | (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | Yawning stardrum |
| Stellifer pizarroensis | Hildebrand, 1946 | Pizzaro stardrum |
| Stellifer punctatissimus | (Meek & Hildebrand, 1925) | Spotted croaker |
| Stellifer rastrifer | (Jordan, 1889) | Rake stardrum |
| Stellifer stellifer | (Bloch, 1790) | Little croaker |
| Stellifer venezuelae | (Schultz, 1945) | |
| Stellifer walkeri | Chao, 2001 | Professor stardrum |
| Stellifer wintersteenorum | Chao, 2001 | Amigo stardrum |
| Stellifer zestocarus | Gilbert, 1898 | Softhead stardrum |
| Totoaba macdonaldi | (Gilbert, 1890) | Totoaba |
| Umbrina galapagorum | Steindachner, 1878 | Galápagos drum |
| Umbrina imberbis | Günther, 1873 | |
| Umbrina milliae | Miller, 1971 | |
| Umbrina reedi | Günther, 1880 | |
| Umbrina roncador | Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 | Yellowfin drum |
| Umbrina ronchus | Valenciennes, 1843 | Fusca drum |
| Umbrina steindachneri | Cadenat, 1951 | Steindachner's drum |
| Umbrina wintersteeni | Walker & Radford, 1992 | Wintersteen drum |
| Umbrina xanti | Gill, 1862 | Polla drum |
| Umbrina analis | Günther, 1868 | Longspine drum |
| Umbrina broussonnetii | Cuvier, 1830 | Striped drum |
| Umbrina bussingi | López S., 1980 | Bussing's drum |
| Umbrina canariensis | Valenciennes, 1843 | Canary drum |
| Umbrina canosai | Berg, 1895 | Argentine croaker |
| Umbrina cirrosa | (Linnaeus, 1758) | Shi drum |
| Umbrina coroides | Cuvier, 1830 | Sand drum |
| Umbrina dorsalis | Gill, 1862 | Longfin drum |