''Pareques'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 ...
of the family
Sciaenidae
Sciaenidae are a family of fish in the order Acanthuriformes. They are commonly called drums or croakers in reference to the repetitive throbbing or drumming sounds they make. The family consists of about 286 to 298 species in about 66 to 70 gen ...
in the order of the
Perciformes
Perciformes (), also called the Percomorpha or Acanthopteri, is an order or superorder of ray-finned fish. If considered a single order, they are the most numerous order of vertebrates, containing about 41% of all bony fish. Perciformes means ...
.
Species
The
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of this genus are:
* ''
Pareques acuminatus
''Pareques acuminatus'', (the high-hat, cubbyu, streaked ribbonfish or striped drum), is a small fish, usually between 6 and 9 inches, that can occasionally be found on coral reefs in the middle western Atlantic Ocean, in the Caribbean, the ...
''
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
* ''
Pareques fuscovittatus
''Pareques'' is a genus of fish of the family Sciaenidae in the order of the Perciformes.
Species
The species of this genus are:
* ''Pareques acuminatus
''Pareques acuminatus'', (the high-hat, cubbyu, streaked ribbonfish or striped drum), i ...
''
(Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
* ''
Pareques lanfeari
''Pareques'' is a genus of fish of the family Sciaenidae in the order of the Perciformes.
Species
The species of this genus are:
* ''Pareques acuminatus'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
* ''Pareques fuscovittatus'' (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
* '' ...
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(Barton, 1947)
* ''
Pareques perissa
''Pareques'' is a genus of fish of the family Sciaenidae in the order of the Perciformes.
Species
The species of this genus are:
* ''Pareques acuminatus'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
* ''Pareques fuscovittatus'' (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
* '' ...
''
(Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
* ''
Pareques umbrosus
''Pareques'' is a genus of fish of the family Sciaenidae in the order of the Perciformes.
Species
The species of this genus are:
* ''Pareques acuminatus'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
* ''Pareques fuscovittatus'' (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)
* '' ...
''
(Jordan & Eigenmann, 1889)
* ''
Pareques viola
''Pareques'' is a genus of fish of the family Sciaenidae in the order of the Perciformes.
Species
The species of this genus are:
* ''Pareques acuminatus'' (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
* ''Pareques fuscovittatus
''Pareques'' is a genus of fish ...
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(Gilbert, 1898)
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Pareques iwamotoi
The blackbar drum (''Pareques iwamotoi'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the genus ''Pareques'' in the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
The blackbar drum was firs ...
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Miller & Woods, 1988
References
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Sciaenidae