''Pteropsaron'' is a
genus
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...
in the
family
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Percophidae
The Percophidae, duckbills, are a family of percomorph fishes, from the order Trachiniformes, found in tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and in the southwestern and southeastern Pacific.
They are small fishes: the ...
.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* ''
Pteropsaron dabfar''
Iwamoto, 2014 [Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Perciformes) from the Philippines. ''Pp. 251-261 in: Williams, G.C. & Gosliner, T.M. (eds.): The Coral Triangle. The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition, 2014: 1-592''.]
* ''
Pteropsaron evolans''
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
* ''
Pteropsaron heemstrai
''Pteropsaron'' is a genus of fish in the family Percophidae.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* '' Pteropsaron dabfar'' Iwamoto, 2014 Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Pe ...
''
J. S. Nelson
''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...
, 1982
* ''
Pteropsaron incisum
''Pteropsaron'' is a genus of fish in the family Percophidae.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* '' Pteropsaron dabfar'' Iwamoto, 2014 Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Pe ...
''
C. H. Gilbert, 1905
* ''
Pteropsaron levitoni''
Iwamoto, 2014
* ''
Pteropsaron longipinnis
''Pteropsaron'' is a genus of fish in the family Percophidae.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* '' Pteropsaron dabfar'' Iwamoto, 2014 Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Pe ...
''
G. R. Allen, Erdmann, 2012 (Midwater sand-diver)
* ''
Pteropsaron natalensis
''Pteropsaron'' is a genus of fish in the family Percophidae.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* '' Pteropsaron dabfar'' Iwamoto, 2014 Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Per ...
''
J. S. Nelson
''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'', formerly known as ''Jweekly'', is a weekly print newspaper in Northern California, with its online edition updated daily. It is owned and operated by San Francisco Jewish Community Publications In ...
, 1982
* ''
Pteropsaron neocaledonicus
''Pteropsaron'' is a genus of fish in the family Percophidae.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* '' Pteropsaron dabfar'' Iwamoto, 2014 Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Per ...
''
Fourmanoir & Rivaton, 1979
* ''
Pteropsaron springeri
''Pteropsaron'' is a genus of fish in the family Percophidae.
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species of this genus:
* '' Pteropsaron dabfar'' Iwamoto, 2014 Iwamoto, T. (2014): Two New Hemerocoetine Trichonotidae Fishes (Teleostei, Pe ...
''
D. G. Smith & G. D. Johnson, 2007 (Springer's sand-diver)
*''
Pterospsaron indicum'', 2019
References
Percophidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder
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