Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Synagropidae Splitfin ocean-basses

Genus: Parascombrops

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13 species
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Max. Length 11 cm SL

 
Parascombrops analis
[Threespine seabass]
No picture found

Max. Length 18.3 cm SL

 
Parascombrops argyreus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SL

 
Parascombrops glossodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm SL

 
Parascombrops madagascariensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.6 cm SL

 
Parascombrops mochizukii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm SL

 
Parascombrops nakayamai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SL

 
Parascombrops ohei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm SL

 
Parascombrops parvidens
[]

Photo by FAO

Indian Ocean from East Af
Max. Length 9 cm SL
Parascombrops pellucidus Alcock, 1889

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Parascombrops pellucidus
[]

Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 13 cm TL
Parascombrops philippinensis (Günther, 1880)

Photo by Photo by Gloerfelt-Tarp, T.
 
Parascombrops philippinensis
[Sharptooth seabass]

Photo by Yamanoue, Y.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 8.1 cm SL
Parascombrops serratospinosus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

Photo by Photo by Yamanoue, Y.
 
Parascombrops serratospinosus
[Roughspine seabass]

Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 14.4 cm TL
Parascombrops spinosus (Schultz, 1940)

Photo by Photo by NOAA\NMFS\Mississippi Laboratory
 
Parascombrops spinosus
[Keelcheek bass]
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Max. Length 10 cm SL

 
Parascombrops yamanouei
[Yamanoue’s seabass]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Parascombrops analis Threespine seabass Disjunct distribution 11 SL 1957
Parascombrops argyreus Indo-West-Pacific 18.3 SL 1897
Parascombrops glossodon Western Pacific 9 SL 2017
Parascombrops madagascariensis Southwestern Indian Ocean 7 SL 2017
Parascombrops mochizukii Western Pacific 16.6 SL 2017
Parascombrops nakayamai Western Pacific, known fr 11 SL 2017
Parascombrops ohei Northwest Pacific 9 SL 2017
Parascombrops parvidens Western Pacific restricte 7.5 SL 2017
Parascombrops pellucidus Indian Ocean from East Af 9 SL 1889
Parascombrops philippinensis Sharptooth seabass Western Pacific 13 TL 1880
Parascombrops serratospinosus Roughspine seabass Western Pacific 8.1 SL 1912
Parascombrops spinosus Keelcheek bass Western Atlantic 14.4 TL 1940
Parascombrops yamanouei Yamanoue’s seabass Restricted to an antitrop 10 SL 2017



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