Argyrosomus
| Argyrosomus | |
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| Argyrosomus regius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | Argyrosomus De La Pylaie, 1835 |
| Type species | |
| Argyrosomus procerus De la Pylaie, 1835[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Argyrosomus is a genus of large ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae that are known for being game fish. They are also known as kobs or meagres.
Argyrosomus have a long body with a dorsal profile that is more convex than the ventral profile. Argyrosomus is a combination of argyros, meaning "silver", with soma, meaning "body", referencing the pearly-silver color of Argyrosomus regius.
Species
Argyrosomus contains 9 species:
- Argyrosomus amoyensis Bleeker, 1863 (Amoy croaker)
- Argyrosomus beccus Sasaki, 1994
- Argyrosomus coronus Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995 (Dusky kob)
- Argyrosomus heinii Steindachner, 1902 (Arabian sea meagre)
- Argyrosomus hololepidotus Lacépède, 1801 (Madagascar meagre)
- Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995 (Mild meagre)
- Argyrosomus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel,184) (Japanese meagre)
- Argyrosomus regius Asso y del Rio, 1801 (Meagre)
- Argyrosomus thorpei M. M. Smith, 1977 (Squaretail kob)
Gallery
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). Species of Argyrosomus in FishBase. May 2008 version.
- "Argyrosomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Family-Scienidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
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