see text Micropogonias is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

Micropogonias was first proposed as a genus in 1831 by the French naturalist and ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, with Micropogon lineatus being its type species by virtue of being a replacement name.

[1] It was subsequently determined that Cuviers' M. lineatus was a synonym of Desmarest's Umbrina furnieri and so M. funieri is the type species of the genus Micropogonias.

[5] Micropogonias has the following species classified within it:[6] However, Catalog of Fishes recognises the following species as valid within Micropogonias:[7] Catalog of Fishes treats M. ectenes as a synonym of M. altipinnis and M. fasciatus as a synonym of Paralonchurus peruanus.

[7] Micropogonias croakers have an elongated body, with a high dorsal profile and an almost flat ventral surface and a conical head.