Parapsettus panamensis

Parapsettus panamensis
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Ephippidae
Genus:	Parapsettus; Steindachner, 1876
Species:	P. panamensis
Binomial name
	Parapsettus panamensis; (Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
	Psettus panamensis Steindachner, 1876;

Parapsettus panamensis, the Panama spadefish, is a species of spadefish native to the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL though most do not exceed 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Collette, B., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E. & Guzman-Mora, A.G. 2010. Parapsettus panamensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 19 July 2013.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parapsettus panamensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

External links

Photograph

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Smith-Vaniz, B, Robertson, R., Collette, B., Dominici-Arosemena, A., Molina, H., Salas, E. & Guzman-Mora, A.G. 2010. Parapsettus panamensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 19 July 2013.

[2] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Parapsettus panamensis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.