WHATSTHATFISH
Bony fish

Meagre

Argyrosomus regius

Also known as: Atlantic Shadefish, Brown Meagre, Croaker, Jewfish, Salmon Bass, Shadefish, Southern Meagre, Stone Bass

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2020
Adult
@Joshuaprince79 · Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria, Nigeria · February 20201 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in schools, pursuing schools of fish, over inshore and shelf waters. These fish move from shore to off-shore, in response to temperature changes in the water.
Juveniles found in estuaries and coastal lagoons.

Drums are named for the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make by beating their abdominal muscles against the swim bladder.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Red Sea, Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, Black Sea
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Found singly, or in schools, pursuing schools of fish, over inshore and shelf waters.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familySciaenidae
    6. genusArgyrosomus
    7. speciesArgyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801)

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    More in the family

    Drums-Croakers (Sciaenidae)