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Pampus (fish)
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| Pampus | |
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| Pampus argenteus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Stromateidae |
| Genus: | Pampus Bonaparte, 1834 |
| Type species | |
| Pampus candidus Cuvier, 1829
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| Synonyms | |
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Pampus is a genus of ray-finned fish 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
[edit]There are currently nine valid species:[1]
- 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) [2]
- Pampus minor J. Liu & C. S. Li, 1998 (Southern lesser pomfret)
- Pampus nozawae (Ishikawa, 1904)
- Pampus punctatissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
References
[edit]- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pampus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Liu, J.; Li, C.-S. (2013). "A new species of the genus Pampus (Perciformes, Stromateidae) from China". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 38 (4): 885–890.
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