Biology:Glaucosoma

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Glaucosoma
Glaucosoma magnificum.jpg
Glaucosoma magnificum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Percoidei
Superfamily: Percoidea
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 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.

Species

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

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

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "''Glaucosoma". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1795. 
  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. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Glaucosoma in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1783677 entry