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Argyrosomus

Synonyms: Afroscion; Argiosomus; Argyrosoma; Pseudosciaena; Pseudusciaena

Wikipedia Abstract

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. \n* Amoy croaker, Argyrosomus amoyensis (Bleeker, 1863) \n* Argyrosomus beccus Sasaki, 1994 \n* Dusky kob, Argyrosomus coronus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995 \n* Arabian sea meagre, Argyrosomus heinii (Steindachner, 1902) \n* Madagascar meagre, Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) \n* Mild meagre, Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995 \n* Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) \n* Meagre, Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) \n* Squaretail kob, Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977
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Species

Argyrosomus amoyensis (Amoy croaker)
Argyrosomus beccus (Croaker)
Argyrosomus coronus (Coron meagre) (Attributes)
Argyrosomus heinii (Arabian sea meagre)
Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Southern meagre)
Argyrosomus inodorus (Mild meagre) (Vulnerable) (Attributes)
Argyrosomus japonicus (jaapanese croaker) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Argyrosomus laghii
Argyrosomus regius (Meagre) (Attributes)
Argyrosomus sparoides
Argyrosomus thorpei (Squaretail kob) (Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0