Is Drums and croakers kosher?

Q: Is Drums and croakers kosher?

Drums and croakers is kosher according to Jewish dietary law. It has the fins and scales required by kashrut.

Yes — Drums and croakers is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Drums and croakers has fins and scales, which are the two requirements for kosher fish under Jewish dietary law (Leviticus 11:9-12).

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Also known as: Bairdiella, Black Croaker, Black croaker, California corbina, Channel Bass, Corbina, Corvina, Croaker, Croakers, Cubbyu, Drum, Drums, Fluke, Freshwater Drum, Freshwater drum, Hallibut, King Croaker, King Whiting, King croaker, Kingfish, Kingfishes, Lafayette, Plaice, Queenfish, Red Drum, Red drum, Ribbon Fish, Seatrout, Seatrouts, Silver Perch, Silver perch, Spot, Spotfin Croaker, Spotfin croaker, Turbot, Weakfish, White, White Croaker, White Seabass, White seabass, Yellowfin Croaker, Yellowfin croaker, carvinas, lafayette, spot
Kosher status: Kosher

About Drums and croakers

Family Sciaenidae, Including: Seatrouts and carvinas (Cynoscion species); Weakfish (Cynoscion nebulosus); White seabass (Cynoscion nobillis); Croakers (micropogon species, Bairdiella species, Odontoscion species); Silver perch (Bairdiella chyrsura); White or King croaker (Genyonemus lineatus); Black croaker (cheilottena saturnum); Spotfin croaker (Roncadorstearnsi); Yellowfin croaker(Umbrinaroncador); Drums (Pogonias species, Stellifer species, Umbrina species); Red drum or channel bass (Sciaenops ocallata); Freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens); Kingfishes or king whitings (Menticirrhus species); California corbina (Menticirrhus undulatus); spot or lafayette (Leiostomus xanthurus); Queenfish (Seriphus politus); Cubbyu or ribbon fish (Equetus umbrosus).

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv