roncador

Senso (Inglese)

Any of several species of Californian sciaenoid food fishes, especially Roncador stearnsi (spotfin croaker) and others in the Sciaenidae family.

sinonimi

kingfish

tomcod

fusca croaker

fusca drum

king croaker

king-fish

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Spanish roncador (“a snorer”), from roncar (“to snore”). So called in allusion to the grunting noise made by them on being taken from the water.