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283:, which means "spindle", an allusion Gill did not explain, but it mau have referred to the more cylindrical body shape of this genus in comparison to the typical members of the Sciaenidae, with
577:"Series Eupercaria (Incertae sedis): Families Callanthidae, Centrogenyidae, Dinopercidae, Emmelichthyidae, Malacanthidae, Monodactylidae, Moronidae, Parascorpididae, Sciaenidae and Sillagidae"
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croakers are found in the south eastern
Atlantic, southwestern Indian, northern Indian, western and eastern Pacific Oceans. These are coastal fishes often found in estuaries.
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Shorefishes of the
Eastern Pacific online information system
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There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
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J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016).
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392:fishes are characterised by having elongate
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652:(GĂĽnther 1867) (Perciformes: Sciaenidae)"
543:(5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 497–502.
365:(Small scale lunate caudal fin croaker)
354:(Large scale lunate caudal fin croaker)
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682:"Genus: Atractoscion, Weakfishes"
468:"Genera in the family Sciaenidae"
424:) which has a maximum published
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644:"Two new species of the genus
517:California Academy of Sciences
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428:of 166 cm (65 in).
925:Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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610:; Pauly, Daniel (eds.).
432:Distribution and habitat
221:in 1862 by the American
217:was first proposed as a
359:Atractoscion microlepis
333:Atractoscion macrolepis
930:Ray-finned fish genera
503:"Species in the genus
307:Atractoscion aequidens
262:in the 5th edition of
41:Atractoscion aequidens
874:Paleobiology Database
650:Atractoscion atelodus
499:Eschmeyer, William N.
464:Eschmeyer, William N.
318:Atractoscion atelodus
370:Atractoscion nobilis
279:is a combination of
244:, designated as its
540:Fishes of the World
265:Fishes of the World
230:Otolithus aequidens
148:Otolithus aequidens
612:"Species in genus
313:(Geelbeck croaker)
219:monospecific genus
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710:Taxon identifiers
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512:Catalog of Fishes
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809:iNaturalist
742:Wikispecies
253:Sciaenoidei
236:in 1830 by
920:Sciaenidae
909:Categories
561:2023-04-19
443:References
422:A. nobilis
414:caudal fin
398:dorsal fin
346:J. H. Kang
338:Y. S. Song
204:Sciaenidae
195:of marine
132:T. N. Gill
115:Sciaenidae
350:S. Y. Kim
342:J. K. Kim
272:Etymology
240:from the
234:described
223:biologist
71:Kingdom:
65:Eukaryota
727:Wikidata
692:19 April
621:FishBase
587:19 April
522:19 April
483:19 April
402:anal fin
394:fusiform
250:suborder
210:Taxonomy
162:Synonyms
111:Family:
85:Chordata
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75:Animalia
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733:Q136749
656:Zootaxa
378:, 1860)
326:, 1867)
324:GĂĽnther
297:Species
281:atracto
255:of the
177:, 1931
175:Whitley
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91:Class:
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171:Zeluco
155:, 1830
153:Cuvier
134:, 1862
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376:Ayres
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770:BOLD
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