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Updated 3/13/2015

Family Sciaenidae

EASTERN PACIFIC

Cheilotrema saturnum

Rock Quarry, Catalina, California, 40 feet

Juvenile, Long Beach, California, 5 feet

BLACK CROAKER

Uncommon in dark holes on rocky reefs near sand.  Attains 18 inches.  California to central Baja California.