Pampus (fish)

Pampus
	Pampus argenteus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Stromateidae
Genus:	Pampus; Bonaparte, 1834
Type species
	Stromateus candidus; Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
	Chondroplites Gill, 1862; Leptolepis Guichenot, 1867; Stromateoides Bleeker, 1851;

Pampus is a genus of ray-finned 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.

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[Liu2013-1] Liu, J. & Li, C.-S. (2013): A new species of the genus Pampus (Perciformes, Stromateidae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 38 (4): 885-890.

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