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Argyrosomus
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.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species
Mulloway
speciesArgyrosomus japonicus
Brown Meagre
speciesArgyrosomus regius
Mild Meagre
speciesArgyrosomus inodorus
West Coast Kob
speciesArgyrosomus coronus
Madagascar Meagre
speciesArgyrosomus hololepidotus
Arabian Sea Meagre
speciesArgyrosomus heinii
Amoy Croaker
speciesArgyrosomus amoyensis
Squaretail Kob
speciesArgyrosomus thorpei
Argyrosomus beccus
speciesArgyrosomus beccus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86627.