Glaucosoma

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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Glaucosomatidae
Genus: Glaucosoma
Species: G. buergeri – G. hebraicum – G. magnificum – G. scapulare
Name

Glaucosoma Temminck and Schlegel, 1843
References

Glaucosoma – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Glaucosoma species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Glaucosoma, the pearl perches, are perciform fishes native to the Indian Ocean waters around Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. This genus is currently the only one assigned to the family Glaucosomatidae.
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

Glaucosoma buergeri J. Richardson, 1845 (deepsea jewfish)
Glaucosoma hebraicum J. Richardson, 1845 (Westralian dhufish)
Glaucosoma magnificum (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) (threadfin pearl-perch)
Glaucosoma scapulare E. P. Ramsay, 1881 (pearl perch)