Parona leatherjacket
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Parona signata" in FishBase. August 2019 version.


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