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Plagioscion
Sign in to savePlagioscion is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. They are found in tropical and subtropical South America where they inhabit fresh and brackish waters. Some species (notably P. squamosissimus and P. surinamensis) are important food fish and support major fisheries.
Species
South American Silver Croaker
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilySciaenidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 208
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, ANSP, AUM, USNM, YPM
- Recorded in
- Peru, Guyana, Maynas, Bolivia, Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Etymology
- Species
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Plagioscion is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. They are found in tropical and subtropical South America where they inhabit fresh and brackish waters. Some species (notably P. squamosissimus and P. surinamensis) are important food fish and support major fisheries.
Depending on the exact species, they reach up to about in length. In general, the various species are similar and are not easily separated by meristics or colour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plagioscion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.