Plagioscion

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Plagioscion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Plagioscion
Species

Several, see text

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

[edit] Selected species

  • Plagioscion auratus - Black curbinata
  • Plagioscion montei
  • Plagioscion squamosissimus - South American silver croaker, freshwater corvina[verification needed]
  • Plagioscion surinamensis - Pacora
  • Plagioscion ternetzi - Freshwater croaker