Southern Meagre

Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel 1843)

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Argyrosomus japonicus (Southern Meagre) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Sciaenidae. Individuals are known to live for 30 years and can grow to 181 cm.

EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

body mass
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001259
- Definition: The amount of matter in the body of an organism.
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75.0 kg
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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181 cm
cultivated in
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/cultivated_in
- Definition: This organism is cultivated (populations grown with the aid of human effort or technology) in the following region(s)
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Mozambique
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1036973
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Mozambique
habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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sea water
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000321
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Lernanthropus gisleri Beneden 1852
Total length
- URI: http://purl.org/obo/owlATOL_0001660
- Definition: length from the tip of the snout to the tip of the longer lobe of the caudal fin, usually measured with the lobes compressed along the midline. It is a straight-line measure, not measured over the curve of the body
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181 cm
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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30 years
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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41250 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Southern meagre. View this species on GBIF

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity. Allan Connell. Year: 2013. cc-by-nc