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weakfishes have elongated, compressed bodies. They have moderately large eyes and a large mouth which is diagonal and points upwards with a protruding lower jaw. There are no barbels on the chin and there are two pores, one on each side, of the snout. They have large, pointed teeth with the two in
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Macrodon weakfishes are either deliberately targeted or caught as bycatch by commercial and artisanal fisheries and they are valued as food fish. The two
Atlantic species are classified by the
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weakfishes are found off the coasts of southern
Central America and South America. Two species are found in the western Atlantic from Venezuela south to northern Argentina. One species,
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means “large tooth” and is an allusion to the large, backwards curving teeth in front of the upper jaw.
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has a short base with two weakspines and eight or nine soft rays. The rear edge of the
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has a S shape. The scales are small and the soft rayed part of the
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Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (9 March 2023).
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Shorefishes of the
Greater Caribbean online information
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Cynoscioninae by some workers, but the 5th edition of
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J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016).
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Faculty of Fishes Hokkaido University
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897:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T162915452A82668324.en
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409:nd the anal fin are scaled. The maximum published
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851:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T183536A131015851.en
643:The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database
1097:Taxa named by Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
413:of these fishes is 45 cm (18 in) for
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780:Haimovici, M.; Ruarte, C.; Rico, R. (2021).
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241:was first proposed as a genus by the Swiss
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791:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
1092:Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch
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266:Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
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489:"Genera in the family Macrodon"
425:it is 50 cm (20 in).
538:California Academy of Sciences
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344:(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
276:was a replacement name for
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444:Fisheries and conservation
959:Macrodon (Actinopterygii)
890:: e.T162915452A82668324.
560:"Ancylodon Illiger, 1811"
284:which was preoccupied by
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429:Distribution and habitat
361:(Southern King Weakfish)
334:contains three species:
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872:Haimovici, M. (2021).
564:World Cetacea Database
524:"Species in the genus
250:Heinrich Rudolf Schinz
584:Kunio Sasaki (1989).
558:Perrin, W.F. (2021).
520:Eschmeyer, William N.
485:Eschmeyer, William N.
268:from Surinam, as its
219:is a genus of marine
262:Marcus Elieser Bloch
613:Fishes of the World
456:while M. mordax is
380:(Dogteeth weakfish)
302:Fishes of the World
254:Lonchurus ancylodon
150:Lonchurus ancylodon
876:Macrodon ancylodon
784:Macrodon atricauda
728:Macrodon ancylodon
672:"Species in genus
351:Macrodon atricauda
340:Macrodon ancylodon
42:Macrodon ancylodon
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407:dorsal fin
403:caudal fin
291:, 1811, a
247:naturalist
228:Sciaenidae
117:Sciaenidae
438:M. mordax
423:M. mordax
421:while in
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297:subfamily
286:Ancylodon
282:Ancylodon
258:described
243:physician
177:Ancylodon
159:Schneider
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67:Eukaryota
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735:FishBase
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332:Macrodon
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274:Macrodon
239:Macrodon
234:Taxonomy
216:Macrodon
168:Synonyms
128:Macrodon
113:Family:
87:Chordata
83:Phylum:
77:Animalia
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372:Gilbert
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357:GĂĽnther
327:Species
289:Illiger
205:, 1895
203:C. Berg
194:, 1848
188:Nomalus
183:, 1817
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103:Order:
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