''Pampus'' 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 ...
of
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 ...
of the family
Stromateidae. They are an important food fish in East and Southeast Asia. In common parlance they are often called pomfrets, although scientifically the term pomfret properly refers to fish of the genus
Bramidae. An alternative name for "pomfrets" of the Pampus genus is "pompano".
Species
There are currently nine valid species:
* ''
Pampus argenteus''
( Euphrasén, 1788) (Silver pomfret)
* ''
Pampus candidus''
( Cuvier, 1829)
* ''
Pampus chinensis''
Euphrasén, 1788 (Chinese silver pomfret)
* ''
Pampus cinereus''
( Bloch, 1795) (Grey pomfret)
* ''
Pampus griseus''
( Cuvier, 1833)
* ''
Pampus liuorum''
J. Liu & C. S. Li, 2013 (Liu's pomfret)
* ''
Pampus minor''
J. Liu & C. S. Li, 1998 (Southern lesser pomfret)
* ''
Pampus nozawae''
(Ishikawa, 1904)
* ''
Pampus punctatissimus''
Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
References
Stromateidae
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
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