Parona leatherjacket
| Parona leatherjacket | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Carangiformes |
| Suborder: | Carangoidei |
| Family: | Carangidae |
| Subfamily: | Scomberoidinae |
| Genus: | C. Berg, 1895 |
| Species: | P. signata
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| Binomial name | |
| Parona signata (Jenyns, 1841)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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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
- ^ 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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parona signata". FishBase. August 2019 version.