Ground Croaker
Bairdiella ronchus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Bairdiella
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 12 countries and 4 regions.
- Bimini, Bahamas - 3 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 6 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Ocho Rios, Jamaica - 4 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 2 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 3 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 6 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 5 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 4 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 1 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 13 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 35646 records