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.Prokofiev, A. M. and E. I. Kukuev, E. I. (2009). Status of fanfishes of the genus Pteraclis from the South-Eastern Pacific Ocean (Perciformes: Bramidae). Journal of Ichthyology 49(8), 688-92.
Species Species include: Pteraclis aesticola (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) – Pacific fanfish Pteraclis carolinus Valenciennes, 1833 – fanfish Pteraclis velifera (Pallas, 1770) – spotted fanfish
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