Argyrosomus

Argyrosomus
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, silver kob, 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

^ ^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 (65). J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. hdl:10962/d1019891.

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Argyrosomus". FishBase. May 2008 version.
"Argyrosomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.

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[Griffiths-1] 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 (65). J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. hdl:10962/d1019891.

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