Argyrosomus

Argyrosomus is a genus of large ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae that are known for being game fish. They are also known as kobs or meagres.

Argyrosomus have a long body with a dorsal profile that is more convex than the ventral profile. Argyrosomus is a combination of argyros, meaning "silver", with soma, meaning "body", referencing the pearly-silver color of Argyrosomus regius.

 Species 
Argyrosomus contains 9 species:

 Argyrosomus amoyensis Bleeker, 1863 (Amoy croaker)
 Argyrosomus beccus Sasaki, 1994
 Argyrosomus coronus Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995 (Dusky kob)
 Argyrosomus heinii Steindachner, 1902 (Arabian sea meagre)
 Argyrosomus hololepidotus Lacépède, 1801 (Madagascar meagre)
 Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths & Heemstra, 1995 (Mild meagre)
 Argyrosomus japonicus Temminck & Schlegel,184) (Japanese meagre)
 Argyrosomus regius Asso y del Rio, 1801 (Meagre)
 Argyrosomus thorpei M. M. Smith, 1977 (Squaretail kob)

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 References 

 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). Species of Argyrosomus in FishBase. May 2008 version.
 "Argyrosomus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 28 July 2008.

Category:Ray-finned fish