Pempheris

Pempheris
Pempheris japonica
Pempheris rhomboidea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Pempheridae
Genus: Pempheris
G. Cuvier, 1829[1]
Type species
Pempheris touea
G. Cuvier, 1829[1]
Synonyms[2]

Catalufa Snyder, 1911
Liopempheris Ogilby, 1913
Priacanthopsis Fowler, 1906

Pempheris vanicolensis (front)

Pempheris is a genus of sweepers native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.[3]

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pempheris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pempheridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pempheris". FishBase. June 2017 version.