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Plagioscion 
AphiaID: 270424

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Sciaenidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Sciaenidae
Source Not documented
Direct child
taxa

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 Species Plagioscion pauciradiatus Steindachner, 1917
Species Plagioscion surinamensis (Bleeker, 1873)

Species Plagioscion heterolepis (Bleeker, 1873) accepted as Johnius heterolepis Bleeker, 1873
Species Plagioscion magdalenae (Steindachner, 1878) accepted as Plagioscion surinamensis (Bleeker, 1873)
Species Plagioscion microps Steindachner, 1917 accepted as Nebris microps Cuvier, 1830
Environment marine, terrestrial
Host of  Therodamas elongatus (Thatcher, 1986) (parasite)
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270424
Taxonomic
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Date   action   by
2008-01-15 10:18:16Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Plagioscion. 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=270424 on 2013-05-25
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