Parabembras
Parabembras is a genus of sprat-like flatheads, the only genus in the family Parabembridae. The species in this genus are only known from the western Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
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| Family: | Parabembridae Fowler, 1938 |
| Genus: | Parabembras Bleeker, 1874 |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1] with a new species described in 2018.[2]
- Parabembras curta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843) - northwestern Pacific
- Parabembras robinsoni Regan, 1921 (African deep-water flathead) - southwestern Indian Ocean
- Parabembras multisquamata Kai, Fricke, 2018 - southwestern Pacific and the Philippines
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Parabembridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Parabembras in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- "Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean". Zookeys. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
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