Pterycombus is a genus of pomfret distinguished by greatly elongated dorsal and anal fins. Along with the genus Pteraclis, these fishes are commonly referred to as fanfishes. Pterycombus can be distinguished from Pteraclis by examining the dorsal and anal fin rays, which should be relatively uniform in thickness to neighboring rays and by a lack of scales anterior to the dorsal fin.[2]
Pterycombus brama can be distinguished from Pterycombus petersii by measuring the length of the longest dorsal and anal fin rays. In P. brama, the longest ray will be greater than half standard length, but will be less than half standard length in P. petersii.[4] These two species can also be distinguished by geographic location. P. brama is generally distributed throughout the North and Central Atlantic Ocean, while P. petersii inhabits Pacific waters from Southern Africa to the Indo-Pacific. However, P. petersii has recently been found in the eastern North Pacific off the coast of Oregon,[5] suggesting that it may have a greater distribution throughout Pacific waters.
^B. F. Fries (1837). "Pterycombus, ett nytt fisk-slagte fran Ishafvet. — K. Svenska Vetenskaps". Akad. Handl: 14–22.
^Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pterycombus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
^F. M. Hilgendorf (1878). "Über das Vorkommen einer Brama-Art und einer neuen Fischgattung Centropholis aus der Nachbarschaft des Genus Brama in den japanischen Meeren". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 15: 1–2.
^J. W. Orr; V. Tuttle; C. Donovan (2018). "Pterycombus petersii (Bramidae: Teleostei): First Record for the Eastern North Atlantic". Northwestern Naturalist. 9 (3): 236–239.
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pterycombus, genus, pomfret, distinguished, greatly, elongated, dorsal, anal, fins, along, with, genus, pteraclis, these, fishes, commonly, referred, fanfishes, distinguished, from, pteraclis, examining, dorsal, anal, rays, which, should, relatively, uniform, . Pterycombus is a genus of pomfret distinguished by greatly elongated dorsal and anal fins Along with the genus Pteraclis these fishes are commonly referred to as fanfishes Pterycombus can be distinguished from Pteraclis by examining the dorsal and anal fin rays which should be relatively uniform in thickness to neighboring rays and by a lack of scales anterior to the dorsal fin 2 PterycombusPrickly Fanfish Pterycombus petersii Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass ActinopterygiiOrder PerciformesFamily BramidaeGenus PterycombusFries 1837Type speciesPterycombus bramaFries 1837 1 Species EditCurrently there are two recognized species in this genus 3 Pterycombus brama Atlantic fanfish Fries 1837 Pterycombus petersii prickly fanfish Hilgendorf 1878 Species Distinction EditPterycombus brama can be distinguished from Pterycombus petersii by measuring the length of the longest dorsal and anal fin rays In P brama the longest ray will be greater than half standard length but will be less than half standard length in P petersii 4 These two species can also be distinguished by geographic location P brama is generally distributed throughout the North and Central Atlantic Ocean while P petersii inhabits Pacific waters from Southern Africa to the Indo Pacific However P petersii has recently been found in the eastern North Pacific off the coast of Oregon 5 suggesting that it may have a greater distribution throughout Pacific waters References Edit Eschmeyer William N Fricke Ron amp van der Laan Richard eds Pterycombus Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences Retrieved 13 November 2020 B F Fries 1837 Pterycombus ett nytt fisk slagte fran Ishafvet K Svenska Vetenskaps Akad Handl 14 22 Froese Rainer and Pauly Daniel eds 2013 Species of Pterycombus in FishBase February 2013 version F M Hilgendorf 1878 Uber das Vorkommen einer Brama Art und einer neuen Fischgattung Centropholis aus der Nachbarschaft des Genus Brama in den japanischen Meeren Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 15 1 2 J W Orr V Tuttle C Donovan 2018 Pterycombus petersii Bramidae Teleostei First Record for the Eastern North Atlantic Northwestern Naturalist 9 3 236 239 nbsp This Perciformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pterycombus amp oldid 1180031927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
