''Pentheroscion'' is a

monospecific genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispe ...

of marine

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Sciaenidae Sciaenidae is a family (biology), family of ray-finned fishes belonging to the Order (biology), order Acanthuriformes. They are commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make. The family co ...

, the drums and croakers. Its only species is ''Pentheroscion mbizi'', which the

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refers to as the blackmouth croaker, from the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the western coast of Africa between Guinea in the north and Angola in the south.

References

Sciaenidae Fish described in 1950 Taxa named by Max Poll Taxa named by Ethelwynn Trewavas Monotypic ray-finned fish genera {{Sciaenidae-stub