Seriphus politus Ayres, 1860
Queen croaker
Seriphus politus
photo by FAO

Family:  Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Max. size:  30 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 1 - 21 m
Distribution:  Eastern Pacific: Yaquina Bay in Oregon, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico. Recorded from British Columbia, Canada (Ref. 11980).
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Occur inshore, often over sandy bottoms. Common in bays and tidal sloughs, around pilings. Moves to deeper water at night (Ref. 9118). Form schools. Feed on small shrimps, marine worms and fishes (Ref. 9118). Pelagic spawners (Ref. 56049).
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 24 January 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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