Plagioscion
Encyclopedia
Plagioscion is a genus
of hardheads, ray-finned fish in the family
Sciaenidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of hardheads, ray-finned fish in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Sciaenidae
Sciaenidae
Sciaenidae is a family of fish commonly called drums, croakers, or hardheads for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make...
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Selected species
- Plagioscion auratus - Black curbinata
- Plagioscion montei
- Plagioscion squamosissimus - South American silver croaker, freshwater corvina
- Plagioscion surinamensis - PacoraPacoraPacora is a town in the Panamá province of Panama.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...
- Plagioscion ternetzi - Freshwater croaker