Species FAO code: BDM

Pogonias cromis

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Schwarzer Umberfisch	–
Czech Republic	cs Smuha vousatá cs Bubeník americký	–
Denmark	da Sort trommefisk	–
France	fr grand tambour fr courbine	–
Germany	de Schwarzer Umberfisch	–
Greece	el Σφυρίδα Αργεντινής	–
Italy	it Ombrina atlantica	–
Luxembourg	de Schwarzer Umberfisch fr grand tambour fr courbine	–
Portugal	pt Corvina-negra	–
Slovenia	sl bobnarka	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Scientific name

Pogonias cromis

Author

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank

Species

FAO code

BDM

Morphological description

Silvery grey to very dark, young with 4 or 5 black vertical bars on sides, disappearing with growth; pelvic and anal fins usually dark. Chin with 5 pores and 10 to 13 pairs of small barbels along median edges of lower jaws and subopercles, increasing in length posteriorly. Gas bladder with numerous lateral appendages interconnected in a complicated pattern in adult. Sagitta semicircular and moderately thin (Ref 51721).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderPerciformes
  - FamilySciaenidae
    - GenusPogonias
      - SpeciesPogonias cromis

Synonyms

Pogonathus courbina Lacepède, 1803
Labrus cromis Linnaeus, 1766
Sciaena barbata Larrañaga, 1923
Pogonias fasciatus Lacepède, 1801

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Pogonias cromis

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 21 - Atlantic, Northwest

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest