Peters' Banded Croaker
Paralonchurus petersii
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Sciaenidae
Paralonchurus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean with one species in the western Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy Paralonchurus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1869 by the French zoologist and artist Marie Firmin Bocourt when he described Paralonchurus petersii as its only species.
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Paralonchurus petersii es una especie de pez de la familia Sciaenidae en el orden de los Perciformes. Morfología • Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 35 cm de longitud total. Alimentación Come principalmente gusanos y otros invertebrados bentónicos.
Distribution
Sources and credits
DescriptionParalonchurus, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
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Sciaenidae