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Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977 
AphiaID: 218629

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family) > Argyrosomus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Argyrosomus De la Pylaie, 1835
Synonymised
taxa
  Afroscion thorpei (Smith, 1977)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los BaƱos, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English squaretail kob  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Madagascar [details]
Mozambique [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To ITIS
Note  Description: Found in coastal waters. An important foodfish. Sold fresh in markets. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218629
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218629 on 2013-05-24
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