Nebris is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers.

Nebris was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1830 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier when he described Nbris microps[1] from Surinam.

[4] Nebris is Greek and means the hide of a fawn, an allusion Cuvier did not explain, describing N. mictops as solver in lfe and uniformly grey-brown when preserved in alcohol.

[5] There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[6] Nebris croakers have elongate bodies which taper towards the caudal fin with a rounded head, the top of which is compressible, with small eyes.

[9] Nebris croakers are important quarry species for fisheries and are regarded as palatable food fish.