Parona leatherjacket
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.
| Parona leatherjacket | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Parona signata (Jenyns, 1841) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Paropsis signata Jenyns, 1841 | |
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