Biology:Parona leatherjacket

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Short description: Species of fish

Parona leatherjacket
Parona signata.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Carangiformes
Family: Carangidae
Subfamily: Scomberoidinae
Genus: Parona
C. Berg (es), 1895
Species:
P. signata
Binomial name
Parona signata
(Jenyns, 1841)
Synonyms[2]

Paropsis signata Jenyns, 1841

The parona leatherjacket (Parona signata) is a species of carangid found along the Atlantic coast of South America from southern Brazil to southern Argentina and the Falkland Islands. This species grows to a length of 60 centimetres (24 in) TL and is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Carpenter, K.E.; Borsa, P.; Obota, C. (2019). "Parona signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T195049A115606278. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T195049A115606278.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/195049/115606278. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Parona signata" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2145841 entry