Eumegistus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Pelagiaria
Ordo: Scombriformes

Familia: Bramidae
Genus: Eumegistus
Species: E. brevorti – E. illustris
Name

Eumegistus Jordan & Jordan, 1922: 35

Type species: Eumegistus illustris Jordan & Jordan, 1922 (original designation)
References
Primary references

Jordan, D.S. & Jordan, E.K. 1922. A list of the fishes of Hawaii, with notes and descriptions of new species. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 10(1): 1–92. BHL Reference page.

Links

Eumegistus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Eumegistus in the World Register of Marine Species

Eumegistus brevorti

Eumegistus is a small genus of pomfrets found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]

Eumegistus brevorti (Poey, 1860) (Tropical pomfret)
Eumegistus illustris D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922 (Brilliant pomfret)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Eumegistus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Eumegistus in FishBase. February 2013 version.