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Roncador

Pennahia argentata (Houttuyn, 1782)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Pennahia argentata (Houttuyn, 1782)
Name authority
(Houttuyn, 1782)
Common name
Roncador
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Family
Sciaenidae
Genus
Pennahia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familySciaenidae Cuvier, 1829
  11. genusPennahia Fowler, 1926
  12. speciesPennahia argentata (Houttuyn, 1782)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Pennahia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Pennahia ovata Sasaki, 1996SciaenidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pennahia pawak (Lin, 1940)SciaenidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Pennahia aneus (Bloch, 1793)SciaenidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 231 records assigned to Sciaenidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Johnius argentatus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Houttuyn, 1782)synonym
Nibea argentata (Houttuyn, 1782) (Houttuyn, 1782)synonym
Sciaena iharae Jordan & Metz, 1913 Jordan & Metz, 1913synonym
Sparus argentatus Houttuyn, 1782 Houttuyn, 1782synonym
Pseudosciaena schlegeli Bleeker, 1879 Bleeker, 1879synonym
Sciaena schlegeli (Bleeker, 1879) (Bleeker, 1879)synonym
Argyrosomus argentatus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Houttuyn, 1782)synonym
Corvina argentata Cuvier, 1830 Cuvier, 1830synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282196 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:76JZY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.