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

Photo of Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840) (Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840))
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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.

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Acanthistius
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Perciformes
Class

About Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)

Taxonomy

Acanthistius patachonicus is a ray-finned fish species that belongs to the Serranidae family, which includes groupers and sea basses.

Distribution

This species occurs in waters off central Argentina, in the Southwest Atlantic Ocean.

Size

The maximum recorded total length of this fish is 31.0 centimetres, which equals 12.2 inches.

Photo: (c) Gonzalo Bravo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gonzalo Bravo · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Serranidae Acanthistius

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

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