Name: Kob, southern meagre, kingfish
Scientific Name: Argyrosomus hololepidotus (Lacepède, 1801)
Family: Sciaenidae
Group: Bony fish
Class: Fish
Size: 101-200 cm.
Juvenile kingfish form shoals to protect themselves from predators. The adults are solitary and pursue their prey during the night when they can pass unseen. They are more common in coastal waters, next to rocky reefs and even penetrate estuaries and lower reaches of rivers.
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Oceanário Location
Antarctic
