Pteraclis

Pteraclis
	Pteraclis aesticola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Bramidae
Genus:	Pteraclis; Gronow, 1772
Type species
	Pteraclis pinnata; Gronow, 1772

Pteraclis is a genus of ray-finned 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pteraclis". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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[1] 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.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pteraclis". FishBase. February 2013 version.

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