Argyrosomus

Argyrosomus
Argyrosomus regius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acanthuriformes
Family:	Sciaenidae
Genus:	Argyrosomus De La Pylaie, 1835
Type species
Argyrosomus procerus De la Pylaie, 1835
Synonyms
Afroscion Trewavas, 1977 Pseudosciaena Bleeker, 1863

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)

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References

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

1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Family-Scienidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.