Argyrosomus
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Sciaenidae |
Genus: | Argyrosomus , 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.
- , (Bleeker, 1863)
- Sasaki, 1994
- Dusky kob, Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995[1]
- , (Steindachner, 1902)
- , (Lacepède, 1801)
- , silver kob, Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995[1]
- Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843)
- Meagre, Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801)
- , Smith, 1977
References[]
- ^ a b 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). hdl:10962/d1019891.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). Species of Argyrosomus in FishBase. May 2008 version.
- "Argyrosomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
Categories:
- Sciaenidae
- Perciformes genera
- Perciformes stubs