Glaucosoma

Glaucosoma
Glaucosoma magnificum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Eupercaria
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Glaucosomatidae
D. S. Jordan, 1923[2]
Genus: Glaucosoma
Temminck & Schlegel, 1843[1]
Type species
Glaucosoma buergeri
J. Richardson, 1845[1]

Glaucosoma, the pearl perches, are ray-finned 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.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "''Glaucosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glaucosoma". FishBase. April 2013 version.


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