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Glaucosoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Glaucosoma

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Glaucosoma Glaucosoma hebraicum

Family
  
Glaucosomatidae D. S. Jordan, 1923

Similar
  
Glaucosoma hebraicum, Spot‑fin beachsalmon, Perciformes, Deepwater cardinalfish, Manefish

Glaucosoma, the pearl perches, are perciform fishes native to the Indian Ocean waters around Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. This genus is currently the only one assigned to the family Glaucosomatidae.

Glaucosoma Glaucosoma buergeri

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Glaucosoma Glaucosoma buergeri

  • Glaucosoma buergeri J. Richardson, 1845 (deepsea jewfish)
  • Glaucosoma hebraicum J. Richardson, 1845 (Westralian jewfish)
  • Glaucosoma magnificum (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) (threadfin pearl-perch)
  • Glaucosoma scapulare E. P. Ramsay, 1881 (pearl perch)

    • Glaucosoma httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

    References

    Glaucosoma Wikipedia
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