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Pteraclis
Pteraclis is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets. They are known commonly as fanfishes. The three species are distributed throughout the oceans of the world.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Southern Fanfish
speciesPteraclis veliferum
Pacific Fanfish
speciesPteraclis aesticola
Atlantic Fanfish
speciesPteraclis carolinum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 91539.