Glaucosoma

Glaucosoma, the pearl perches, are ray-finned fishes native to the Indian Ocean waters around Australia and the western Pacific Ocean. This genus is currently the only one assigned to the family Glaucosomatidae.

Glaucosoma
Glaucosoma magnificum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Eupercaria
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Glaucosomatidae D. S. Jordan, 1923[1]
Genus:	Glaucosoma Temminck & Schlegel, 1843[2]
Type species
Glaucosoma buergeri J. Richardson, 1845[2]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[3]

• Glaucosoma buergeri J. Richardson, 1845 (deepsea jewfish)
• Glaucosoma hebraicum J. Richardson, 1845 (Westralian dhufish)
• Glaucosoma magnificum (J. D. Ogilby, 1915) (threadfin pearl-perch)
• Glaucosoma scapulare E. P. Ramsay, 1881 (pearl perch)

See also

• List of fish families

References

1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "''Glaucosoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glaucosoma". FishBase. April 2013 version.