#2236 · 🐟 fish
Brown Meagre
🇳🇱 Zeeraaf ·Sciaena umbra
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what is it?
Brown meagre or corb ( Sciaena umbra ) is a species of croaker found in Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea occurring in shallow waters and sandy bottoms.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,503 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Brown Meagre
- Nederlands
- Zeeraaf
- scientific name
- Sciaena umbra
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Acanthuriformes
- family
- Sciaenidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 1,372
- sightings worldwide
- 1,503
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Sciaenidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 118683, Wikidata Q1383737, GBIF 2399670, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.