Lonchurus elegans, the blackfin croaker, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the familySciaenidae, the drums and croakers. This species is found in the Western Atlantic, from Colombia to Brazil.
↑On new, little known, or otherwise interesting species of Surinam fishes. M Boeseman, Proc. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetenschappen, 1948
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