queenfish

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{About|the American usage of the term for fish|the Southern hemisphere fish|Scomberoides|the United States submarine|USS Queenfish}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Late Miocene|present}}

| image = Seriphus politus Mspc094.jpg

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| parent_authority = Ayres, 1860

| taxon = Seriphus politus

| authority = Ayres, 1860

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chao, L. |author2=Espinosa-Perez, H. |date=2020 |title=Seriphus politus |volume=2020 |page=e.T183750A131076324 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T183750A131076324.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

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The queenfish (Seriphus politus) is a species of fish in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the North American coastline from Oregon to Baja California; it has been recorded as far north as British Columbia.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. [http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Seriphus-politus.html Seriphus politus.] FishBase. 2017. Its centre of distribution is the Southern California Bight.DeMartini, E. E., et al. (1985). [http://www.csun.edu/~nmfrp/publications/DeMartini%20et%20al%201985.pdf Diel and depth variations in the sex-specific abundance, size composition, and food habits of queenfish, Seriphus politus (Sciaenidae).] NOAA Fishery Bulletin 83, no. 2. 171-85. It is also known commonly as the queen croaker. This is the only species in the monotypic genus Seriphus. A fossil relative, S. lavenbergi, is known from the Late Miocene-aged Puente Formation of the Los Angeles Basin.{{Cite book |last=California Academy of Sciences |url=https://archive.org/details/occasionalpaper00calif |title=Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences |date=1890 |publisher=San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences |others=California Academy of Sciences}}