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Paralonchurus
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Paralonchurus

Paralonchurus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean with one species in the western Atlantic Ocean.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Banded Croaker

speciesParalonchurus brasiliensis

Suco Croaker

speciesParalonchurus dumerilii

Peruvian Banded Croaker

speciesParalonchurus peruanus

Peter's Banded Croaker

speciesParalonchurus petersii

Bearded Banded Croaker

speciesParalonchurus rathbuni

Paralonchurus goodei

speciesParalonchurus goodei

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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 90732.