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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: Pteraclis
Species: P. aesticola – P. carolinus – P. velifera
Name

Pteraclis Gronow, 1772
Synonyms

Pteracles Swainson, 1838

References

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

Vernacular names

Pteraclis is a genus of fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. They are known commonly as fanfishes. The three species are distributed throughout the oceans of the world.[1]
Species

Species include:[2]

Pteraclis aesticola (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) – Pacific fanfish
Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833 – fanfish
Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) – spotted fanfish

References

Prokofiev, A. M. and E. I. Kukuev, E. I. (2009). Status of fanfishes of the genus Pteraclis from the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean (Perciformes: Bramidae). Journal of Ichthyology 49(8), 688-92.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pteraclis in FishBase. February 2013 version.

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