Glaucosoma, the pearl perches, are ray-finned fishes native to the Indian Ocean waters around Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. This genus is currently the only one assigned to the family Glaucosomatidae.
| Glaucosoma | |
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| Glaucosoma magnificum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Eupercaria |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Glaucosomatidae D. S. Jordan, 1923[2] |
| Genus: | Glaucosoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1843[1] |
| Type species | |
| Glaucosoma buergeri J. Richardson, 1845[1]
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Species
editThe currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Glaucosoma buergeri J. Richardson, 1845 (deepsea jewfish)
- Glaucosoma hebraicum J. Richardson, 1845 (Westralian dhufish)
- Glaucosoma magnificum (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) (threadfin pearl-perch)
- Glaucosoma scapulare E. P. Ramsay, 1881 (pearl perch)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "''Glaucosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glaucosoma". FishBase. April 2013 version.
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