Pentheroscion
Genus of ray-finned fish
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Pentheroscion is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. Its only species is Pentheroscion mbizi, which the FAO refers to as the blackmouth croaker,[3] from the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa between Guinea in the north and Angola in the south.
| Pentheroscion | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sciaenidae |
| Genus: | Pentheroscion Trewavas, 1962 |
| Species: | P. mbizi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pentheroscion mbizi (Poll, 1950) | |
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