Panama spadefish

The Panama spadefish (Parapsettus panamensis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. This species is found in 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. The Panama spadefishes is the only known member of the monospecific genus Parapsettus .[2]

Panama spadefish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Moroniformes
Family: Ephippidae
Genus: Parapsettus
Steindachner, 1876
Species:
P. panamensis
Binomial name
Parapsettus panamensis
(Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Psettus panamensis Steindachner, 1876

References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Collette, B.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Molina, H.; Salas, E.; Guzman-Mora, A.G. (2010). "Parapsettus panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178074A7491427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178074A7491427.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2023). "Parapsettus panamensis" in FishBase. February 2023 version.


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