Parona leatherjacket | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Carangiformes |
Family: | Carangidae |
Subfamily: | Scomberoidinae |
Genus: | Parona C. Berg (es), 1895 |
Species: | P. signata
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Binomial name | |
Parona signata (Jenyns, 1841)
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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]