Animal Diversity Web

Menticirrhus americanus

Carolina whiting

(Also: Kingfish; Sand whiting; Sea mink; Sea mullet)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
        
        Order Perciformes
        
        Family Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
        
        Genus Menticirrhus
        
        Species Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting)