''Leptobrama'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in the order

Carangiformes Carangiformes is a large, diverse order of ray-finned fishes within the clade Percomorpha. It is part of a sister clade to the Ovalentaria, alongside its sister group, the Anabantaria (including Anabantiformes and Synbranchiformes). The Cara ...

found in the

Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...

. This genus is the only member of the

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Leptobramidae.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Leptobrama muelleri ''Leptobrama muelleri'', also known as the spot-fin beachsalmon is a species of coastal marine and brackish water ray-finned fish belonging to the order Carangiformes. It is found in tropical coastal waters of the Western Pacific off southern ...

Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...

, 1878 (Spot-fin beachsalmon) * ''

Leptobrama pectoralis ''Leptobrama'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes found in the Pacific Ocean. This genus is the only member of the family (biology), family Leptobramidae. Species There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: * '' ...

'' ( E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887) (Long-fin beachsalmon) Kimura, S., Peristiwady, T. & Fricke, R. (2016): Taxonomic review of the genus ''Leptobrama'' Steindachner 1878 (Perciformes: Leptobramidae), with the resurrection of ''Leptobrama pectoralis'' (Ramsay and Ogilby 1887). ''Ichthyological Research'' 63 (4): 435–444.

References

Carangiformes Marine fish genera Taxa named by Franz Steindachner {{Carangiformes-stub