Ophioscion
Sign in to saveOphioscion is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilySciaenidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- Family
- Sciaenidae
- Collections
- SIO, USNM, ANSP, UF, CMN, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Venezuela, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, Colombia, Brasil, United States
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- Parent taxon
- Sciaenidae
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- Ophioscion similus.jpg
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- Ophioscion
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Ophioscion is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans.
==Taxonomy== Ophioscion was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1863 by the American biologist Theodore Gill when he described Ophioscion typicus from the Pacific coast of Panama. Although FishBase recognises Ophioscion as a valid genus, Catalog of Fishes treats it as a synonym of Stellifer.
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