Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840) is a animal in the Serranidae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)

Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)

Acanthistius patachonicus is a Southwest Atlantic ray-finned fish in the grouper and sea bass family that grows up to 31 cm long.

Family
Genus
Acanthistius
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)

Acanthistius patachonicus is a ray-finned fish species that belongs to the Serranidae family, which includes groupers and sea basses. This species occurs in waters off central Argentina, in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. The maximum recorded total length of this fish is 31.0 centimetres, which equals 12.2 inches.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Serranidae Acanthistius

More from Serranidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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