''Leptobrama'' is a
genus
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
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Leptobramidae
''Leptobrama'' is a genus of fish in the family Leptobramidae found in the Pacific Ocean. This genus is the only member of its family.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Leptobrama muelleri
''Leptobrama muell ...
found in the
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
. This genus is the only member of its
family
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.
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Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* '' Leptobrama muelleri'' Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1878 (Spot-fin beachsalmon)
* ''Leptobrama pectoralis
''Leptobrama'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Leptobramidae found in the Pacific Ocean. This genus is the only member of its family (biology), family.
Species
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Leptob ...
'' ( E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887) (Long-fin beachsalmon) [Kimura, S., Peristiwady, T. & Fricke, R. (2016): Taxonomic review of the genus ''Leptobrama'' Steindachner 1878 (Perciformes: Leptobramidae), with the resurrection of ''Leptobrama pectoralis'' (Ramsay and Ogilby 1887). ''Ichthyological Research'' 63 (4): 435-444. ]
References
Percoidea
Marine fish genera
Monotypic ray-finned fish genera
Perciformes genera
Taxa named by Franz Steindachner
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