Panama spadefish
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Genus: | Parapsettus Steindachner, 1876
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Species: | P. panamensis
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Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
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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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