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Revision of the South American freshwater genus Plagioscion (Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae)

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The South American freshwater sciaenid genus Plagioscion is reviewed. Five of the 15 nominal species assigned to the genus are considered to be valid: Plagioscion squamosissimus, widely distributed in Atlantic drainages east of the Andes; P. auratus from the Río Orinoco and Río Amazonas basins; P. magdalenae from the Río Magdalena and Río Amazonas basins; P. ternetzi from the lower Río Paraná, Río Paraguay and Rio Uruguay basins; and P. montei from the Río Amazonas basin. Copyright © 2005 Magnolia Press.

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Zootaxa, n. 1080, p. 39-64, 2005.

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