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Umbrina canosai Berg, 1895

Argentine croaker
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Brazil country information

Common names: Aastanha, Castanha, Chora-chora
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges from Cabo de São Tomé, Rio de Janeiro southward (Ref. 27363). Recorded from Rio Grande (Ref. 7415), MZUSP 78310 (Ref. 47377). Also Ref. 7025, 8984.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Ombrine d'Argentine, Verrugato pargo, Pargo blanco, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Sciaenidae (Drums or croakers)
Etymology: Umbrina: Latin, umbra, -ae = shadow, in the sense of phantom; due to its quick movements (Ref. 45335).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range ? - 200 m (Ref. 47377), usually 10 - 100 m (Ref. 27363).   Subtropical; 31°S - 42°S, 62°W - 49°W (Ref. 54933)

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