570 Surmullets, Croakers, etc. 
another large fish, similar in value to the red drum. Pseudo- 
sci@na antarctica is the kingfish of Australia. To Sctena belong 
many species, largely Asiatic, with the mouth inferior, without 
barbels, the teeth small, and the convex snout marked with 
mucous pores. Scienu umbra, the ombre, is the common 
European species, Screna saturna, the black roncador of Cali- 
fornia, is much likeit. Sci@na delictosa is one of the most valued 
Fic. 462.—Red Drum, Scienops ocellata Linnzeus. Texas. 
food-fishes of Peru, and Sciena argentata is valued in Japan. 
Species of Sciena are especially numerous on the coasts of India. 
Roncador stearnst, the California roncador, is a large fish with a 
black ocellus at the base of the pectoral. It has some importance 
in the Los Angeles market. The goody, spot, or lafayette (Leio- 
stomus xanthurus) is a small, finely flavored species abundant 
from Cape Cod to Texas. Similar to it but inferior is the little 
roncador (Genyonemus lineatus) of California. The common 
croaker, Micropogon undulatus, is very abundant on our Eastern 
coast, and other species known as verrugatos or white-mouthed 
drummers replace it farther South. 
In, Umbrina the chin has a short thick barbel. The species 
abound in the tropics, Umbrina cirrosa in the Mediterranean ; 
Umbrina coroides in California, and the handsome Umbrina 
roncador, the yellow-tailed roncador, in southern California. 
The kingfish, Mentzcirrhus, differs in lacking the air-bladder, 
and lying on the bottom in shallow water the lower fins are 
enlarged much as in the darters or gobies. All the species are 
American. All are dull-colored and all excellent as food. Men- 
ticirrhus saxatilis is the common kingfish or sea-mink, abundant 
