Leptobrama

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Leptobrama
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Leptobrama muelleri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Leptobramidae
J. D. Ogilby, 1913 [1]
Genus: Leptobrama
Steindachner, 1878 [2]
Synonyms

NeopempherisMacleay, 1881

Leptobrama is a genus of ray-finned fish in the order Carangiformes found in the Pacific Ocean. This genus is the only member of the family Leptobramidae. [3]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Leptobrama". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  3. 1 2 Kimura, S., Peristiwady, T. & Fricke, R. (2016): Taxonomic review of the genus Leptobrama Steindachner 1878 (Perciformes: Leptobramidae), with the resurrection of Leptobrama pectoralis (Ramsay and Ogilby 1887). Ichthyological Research 63 (4): 435-444. doi : 10.1007/s10228-016-0511-1