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.

  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.