Parapristipoma

Summary

Parapristipoma is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhinchinae of the family Haemulidae. The species within the genus are native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Parapristipoma
Chicken grunt Parapristipoma trilineatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Plectorhinchinae
Genus: Parapristipoma
Bleeker, 1873
Type species
Perca trilineata
Thunberg, 1793
Synonyms
  • Diagrammella Pellegrin, 1912

Species

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Chicken grunt (Parapristipoma trilineatum) sashimi

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parapristipoma". FishBase. August 2013 version.