percoid, percoid fish, percoidean - any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

family Sciaenidae, Sciaenidae - warm-water marine fishes including the drums and grunts and croakers and sea trout

drumfish, drum - small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise

jewfish, mulloway, Sciaena antarctica - large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre

maiger, maigre, Sciaena aquila - large European marine food fish

croaker - any of several fishes that make a croaking noise

whiting - any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters

sea trout - any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters