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Plagioscion
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Plagioscion

Plagioscion is a genus of hardheads, ray-finned fish in the family Sciaenidae. 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.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

South American Silver Croaker

speciesPlagioscion squamosissimus

Freshwater Croaker

speciesPlagioscion ternetzi

Pacora

speciesPlagioscion magdalenae

Plagioscion montei

speciesPlagioscion montei

Plagioscion auratus

speciesPlagioscion auratus

Plagioscion microps

speciesPlagioscion microps

Plagioscion pauciradiatus

speciesPlagioscion pauciradiatus

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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 91105.