Meagre (Argyrosomus)

General data
- Main name: Meagre
Classification
- Family: Sciaenidae - Drums
- Order: Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Argyrosomus is a genus of fish in the drum family, Sciaenidae. They are large fish, with the largest, A. regius, growing up to 230 cm in length. They are commonly targeted as game fish. Amoy croaker, Argyrosomus amoyensis (Bleeker, 1863) Argyrosomus beccus Sasaki, 1994 Dusky kob, Argyrosomus coronus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995[1] Arabian sea meagre, Argyrosomus heinii (Steindachner, 1902) Madagascar meagre, Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801) Mild meagre, silver kob, Argyrosomus inodorus Griffiths and Heemstra, 1995[1] Mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1843) Meagre, Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) Squaretail kob, Argyrosomus thorpei Smith, 1977