Pteraclis is a genus of fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. They are known commonly as fanfishes. The three species are distributed throughout the oceans of the world.[1]
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| Pteraclis aesticola | |
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| Genus: | Pteraclis Gronow, 1772
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| Pteraclis pinnata Gronow, 1772
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Species edit
Species include:[2]
- Pteraclis aesticola (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) – Pacific fanfish
- Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833 – fanfish
- Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) – spotted fanfish
References edit
- ^ Prokofiev, A. M. and E. I. Kukuev, E. I. (2009). Status of fanfishes of the genus Pteraclis from the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean (Perciformes: Bramidae). Journal of Ichthyology 49(8), 688-92.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pteraclis in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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