Panama spadefish

Panama spadefish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Ephippidae
Genus:	Parapsettus; Steindachner, 1876
Species:	P. panamensis
Binomial name
	Parapsettus panamensis; (Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
	Psettus panamensis Steindachner, 1876;

Parapsettus panamensis, the Panama spadefish, is a species of spadefish native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL though most do not exceed 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

References

^ Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Collette, B., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E. & Guzman-Mora, A.G. 2010. Parapsettus panamensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 19 July 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapsettus panamensis". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Collette, B., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E. & Guzman-Mora, A.G. 2010. Parapsettus panamensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 19 July 2013.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapsettus panamensis". FishBase. April 2013 version.

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