Southern meagre

Argyrosomus hololepidotus

Fish
IUCN: Data deficient

Usual depth11–40 m
Water temperature16–28 °C
Best monthsSeptember
How commonOccasional

About this species

Argyrosomus hololepidotus, also known as the Madagascar meagre or southern meagre, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. The species is endemic to Madagascar and the Indian Ocean.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Argyrosomus hololepidotus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 2 records
February: 5 records
March: 3 records
April: 42 records
May: 69 records
June: 61 records
July: 3 records
August: 4 records
September: 205 records
October: 33 records
November: 5 records
December: 3 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 11–40 m · Deepest record: 108 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 3 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 15 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 16–28 °C

14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 35 records
18–20 °C: 191 records
20–22 °C: 38 records
22–24 °C: 11 records
24–26 °C: 3 records
26–28 °C: 4 records

Names and classification

English: Southern meagre, Madagascar Kob, Madagascar Meagre, southern meagre

Names in 1 more languages

French: Maigre Du Sud

Other scientific names: Argiosomus hololepidotus, Argyrosoma hololepidotum, Argyrosoma hololepidotus, Argyrosomus hololepidotum, Johnius hololepidotus, Labrus hololepidotus, Pseudosciaena hololepidota, Sciaena hololepidota, Sciaena hololepidotus

Similar species

Japanese meagre
Argyrosomus japonicus
Squaretail kob
Argyrosomus thorpei
Meagre
Argyrosomus regius
Amoy Croaker
Argyrosomus amoyensis
Geelbeck croaker
Atractoscion aequidens
Bearded croaker
Johnius amblycephalus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
469 open-data records from 1801 to 2012.

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