Pogonias Lacépède 1802 (ray-finned fish)
Actinopteri - Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Parent taxon: Sciaenoidei according to R. W. Purdy et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Aplodinotus, Atractoscion, Corvina, Cynoscion, Equetus, Fisherichthys, Jefitchia, Leiostomus, Micropogonias, Odonteus, Platacodon, Pristipoma, Sciaenops
Subtaxa: Pogonias cromis, Pogonias multidentatus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore