🐟Argyrosomus regius
Argyrosomus regius, also known as the meagre, croaker, jewfish, shade-fish, sowa, kir, corvina, salmon-bass or stone bass, is a species of fish of the family Sciaenidae. This large fish has a pearly-silver to brownish coloration and a yellow-coloured mouth. It is native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 103 kg
- Body length
- 1.5 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Argyrosomus regius
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass103 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length1.5 mrecord 2.3 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Trophic level4.29FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 4.29 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l103 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Argyrosomus regius yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderPerciformes
- ›familySciaenidae
- ›genusArgyrosomus
- ›speciesArgyrosomus regius
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- familySciaenidae
- genusArgyrosomus
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- orderAcanthomorphata
- familySciaenidae
- genusArgyrosomus
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