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Seriphus politus (Drum; Queen croaker; Queenfish)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Queenfish (Seriphus politus) are a species of croaker occurring from Uncle Sam Bank, Baja California, to Yaquina Bay, Oregon; they are the only species in the genus Seriphus. They are common during summer in shallow water around pier pilings on sandy bottoms. They are found at depths up to 180 feet; however, occur more often from 4 to 27 feet. Queenfish are common in southern California, but are rare north of Monterey, California.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary   California, United States
Channel Islands National Park II 139010 California, United States

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenosed Dolphin)[2]
Zalophus californianus (California Sealion)[3]
Zalophus japonicus (Japanese Sealion)[3]
Zalophus wollebaeki (Galapagos Sea Lion)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cynoscionicola powersi[4]
Procamallanus pereirai[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1DIEL AND DEPTH VARIATIONS IN THE SEX-SPECIFIC ABUNDANCE, SIZE COMPOSITION, AND FOOD HABITS OF QUEENFISH, SERIPHUS POLITUS (SCIAENIDAE), Edward E. DeMartini, Larry G. Allen, Robert K. Fountain, and Dale Roberts, FISHERY BULLETIN: VOL. 83, NO. 2, p. 171-185
♦ 2Habitat Partitioning by Three Species of Dolphins in Santa Monica Bay, California, Maddalena Bearzi, Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative, 07-08-2003
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0