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Sciaenidae
South American silver croaker
Plagioscion squamosissimus
Sciaenid Fish beneath the Orinoco Basin
- Silver
- Tropical
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Fusiform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Silver
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeSouth American silver croaker is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Genus
- Plagioscion
- Maximum length
- 80 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná, Paraguay, and São Francisco River basins and rivers fo Guianas.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
