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Pteraclis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Bramidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Perciformes

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Scientific name
  
Pteraclis

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Spotted fanfish, Pteraclis aesticola, Pterycombus, Taractichthys, Pterycombus petersii

Pacific fanfish pteraclis aesticola


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.

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Species

Species include:

  • Pteraclis aesticola (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) – Pacific fanfish
  • Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833 – fanfish
  • Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) – spotted fanfish
  • References

    Pteraclis Wikipedia