Sealife guideThe brown meagreSciaena umbra
Last updated on 09/25/2026 at 07:10 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Brown meagre
French namesCorb
Spanish namesCorvallo
Scientific nameSciaena umbra (Linnaeus, 1758)
FamilySciaenidae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The brown meagre is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The brown meagre appears in the IUCN Red List since 2020 within the category Near Threatened !

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