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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Pteraclis
Pteraclis aesticola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scombriformes
Family: Bramidae
Genus: Pteraclis
Gronow, 1772
Type species
Pteraclis pinnata
Gronow, 1772

Pteraclis is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. They are known commonly as fanfishes. The three species are distributed throughout the oceans of the world.

Species

Species include:

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pteraclis". FishBase. February 2013 version.
Taxon identifiers
Pteraclis


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