Pampus

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: Stromateidae
Genus: Pampus
Species: P. argenteus – P. chinensis – P. cinereus – P. echinogaster – P. liuorum – P. minor – P. punctatissimus
Name

Pampus Bonaparte, 1834

Type species: Stromateus candidus Cuvier, 1829

Synonyms

Chondroplites Gill, 1862
Leptolepis Guichenot, 1867
Stromateoides Bleeker, 1851

Vernacular names
English: Pomfret
ไทย: ปลาจะละเม็ด

Pampus chinensis

References

Bonaparte, C. L.; 1834: Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. Roma. Fasc. 6-11, puntata 29-58, 12 pls.

Links

Pampus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Pampus is a genus of 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

Pampus argenteus Euphrasén, 1788 (Silver pomfret)
Pampus chinensis Euphrasén, 1788 (Chinese silver pomfret)
Pampus echinogaster Basilewsky, 1855
Pampus liuorum J. Liu & C. S. Li, 2013 (Liu's pomfret) [1]
Pampus minor J. Liu & C. S. Li, 1998 (Southern lesser pomfret)
Pampus punctatissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845

References

Liu, J. & Li, C.-S. (2013): A new species of the genus Pampus (Perciformes, Stromateidae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 38 (4): 885-890.