Argyrosomus
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Suborder: | Percoidei |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Sciaenidae |
Genus: | Argyrosomus De La Pylaie, 1835 |
Argyrosomus is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae. They are large fish, with the largest, A. regius, growing up to 230 cm in length. They are commonly targeted as game fish.
- Amoy croaker, Argyrosomus amoyensis (Bleeker, 1863)
- Argyrosomus beccus Sasaki, 1994
- Dusky kob, Argyrosomus coronus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995[1]
- Arabian sea meagre, Argyrosomus heinii (Steindachner, 1902)
- Madagascar meagre, Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801)
- Mild meagre, Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995[1]
- Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843)
- Meagre, Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801)
- Squaretail kob, Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977
References
- 1 2 Griffiths, Marc H.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (1995). "A contribution to the taxonomy of the marine fish genus Argyrosomus (Perciformes: Sciaenidae), with descriptions of two new species from southern Africa". Ichthyological Bulletin J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa (65). Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). Species of Argyrosomus in FishBase. May 2008 version.
- "Argyrosomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 2008. Check date values in:
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