atlantic croaker

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Atlantic croaker
    n 1: a silvery-bodied croaker with dark markings and tiny
         barbels [syn: {Atlantic croaker}, {Micropogonias
         undulatus}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sciaenoid \Sci*ae"noid\, a. [L. sciaena a kind of fish (fr. Gr.
   ?) + -oid.] (Zool.)
   Of or pertaining to the {Sciaenidae}, a family of carnivorous
   marine fishes which includes the meagre ({Sciaena umbra} or
   {Sciaena aquila}), and fish of the {drum} and {croaker}
   families. The {croaker} is so called because it may make a
   croaking noise by use of its bladder; the {Atlantic croaker}
   ({Micropogonias undulatus}, formerly {Micropogon undulatus})
   and the squeteague are a members of the croaker family, and
   the {kingfish} is a drum.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]