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Whitemouth Croaker

Micropogonias furnieri

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Argentina.January 13, February 10, March 8, April 4, May 5, June 1, July 4, August 2, September 1, October 5, November 9, December 7.
Argentina69
Buenos Aires69
Brazil48
Rio de Jeneiro34
Uruguay16
Rio Grande do Sul7
Rocha7
Sao Paulo5
Canelones3
Montevideo3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderButterflyfishes, Angelfishes, and Allies · Acanthuriformes
FamilyDrums · Sciaenidae
GenusMicropogonias

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Whitemouth Croaker with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.