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Parastromateus
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Parastromateus

The black pomfret (Parastromateus niger) is a species of carangid native to reefs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. This species is very important to local fisheries and is the only known member of its genus. It is not a true pomfret, being a species of jackfish, instead.

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Black Pomfret

speciesParastromateus niger

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90803.