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Pempheris
Cuvier, 1829
(fish)
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Entity:
Pempheridae (Family) - sweepers
..Parapriacanthus (Genus)
..Pempheris (Genus)
....Pempheris adspersa (Species)
....Pempheris adusta (Species)
....Pempheris affinis (Species)
....Pempheris analis (Species)
....Pempheris compressa (Species)
....Pempheris japonica (Species)
....Pempheris klunzingeri (Species)
....Pempheris mangula (Species)
....Pempheris molucca (Species)
....Pempheris multiradiata (Species)
....Pempheris nyctereutes (Species)
....Pempheris ornata (Species)
....Pempheris otaitensis (Species)
....Pempheris oualensis (Species) - Oualan sweeper
....Pempheris poeyi (Species) - curved sweeper
....Pempheris rapa (Species)
....Pempheris schomburgkii (Species) - copper sweeper
....Pempheris schreineri (Species)
....Pempheris schwenkii (Species)
....Pempheris vanicolensis (Species) - Vanikoro sweeper
....Pempheris xanthoptera (Species)
....Pempheris ypsilychnus (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
[G.] Cuvier, 1829
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Cuvier, [G.] 1829.
Règne Anim.
(ed. 2)
2
: 195 ("Les Pemphérides. (... N.)"); ix ("Pempherides").
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Types
Type of
:
Pempheridae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1859
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 374; [<17 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Latin)
Stem
:
Pempherid-
Ref:
G.C. Steyskal, 1980
: 170, 176.
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