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Carangidae
Parona leatherjacket
Parona signata
Endemic Filefish of the Brazilian Coast
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
LargeThe parona leatherjacket (Parona signata) is a species of carangiform ray-finned fish found along the Atlantic coast of South America from southern Brazil to southern Argentina and the Falkland Islands. This species grows to a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Carangidae
- Genus
- Parona
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Southwest Atlantic: southern Brazil to southern Argentina.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
