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Silver croaker

Plagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840)

Status not recordedbony fish

The silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus) is a species in the family Sciaenidae, order Perciformes.

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Quick facts about the silver croaker

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver croaker live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the silver croaker as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Brazilinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the silver croaker endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the silver croaker classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderPerciformes
  5. familySciaenidae
  6. genusPlagioscion
  7. SpeciesPlagioscion squamosissimus (Heckel, 1840)

Synonyms Diplolepis squamosissimus, Johnius amazonicus, Johnius crouvina, Plagioscion amazonicus, Plagioscion francisci, Plagioscion squamosissimus iquitensis, Sciaena amazonica, Sciaena squamosissima

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • South American silver croakerEnglish
  • smuhoun jihoamerickýCzech
  • Sydamerikansk sølvtrommefiskDanish
  • pescadaSpanish
  • Akoupa rivièreFrench
  • CorvinaPortuguese
  • Acoupa eau douceFrench
  • Acoupa grosse têteFrench
  • Acoupa rivièreFrench
  • Akoupa dilo-dousFrench
  • Corvina-de-água-doce-sul-americanaPortuguese
  • CurbinataPortuguese
  • Pescada do PiauíPortuguese
  • Pescada-brancaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the silver croaker

Other species in the same genus Plagioscion.

Pacora

Plagioscion surinamensis

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the silver croaker an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the silver croaker as invasive in 1 country: Brazil. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the silver croaker?

The silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus) belongs to the family Sciaenidae in the order Perciformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-croaker

MLA

“Silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-croaker.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_croaker_2026,
  title = {Silver croaker (Plagioscion squamosissimus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-croaker},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}