Biology:Panama spadefish
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Moroniformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Parapsettus Steindachner, 1876 |
| Species: | P. panamensis
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| Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
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The Panama spadefish (Parapsettus panamensis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. This species is found in the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL though most do not exceed 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. The Panama spadefishes is the only known member of the monospecific genus Parapsettus .[2]
References
- ↑ Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Collette, B.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Molina, H.; Salas, E.; Guzman-Mora, A.G. (2010). "Parapsettus panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T178074A7491427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178074A7491427.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/178074/7491427. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). "Parapsettus panamensis" in FishBase. February 2023 version.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2985557 entry
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