Glaucosoma
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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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 | |
|---|---|
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| Glaucosoma magnificum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| 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)
