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Parascolopsis

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Parascolopsis, the dwarf monocle breams, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyNemipteridae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,741

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
98
With media
11
Family
Nemipteridae
Collections
USNM, NMV, CAS, CSIRO
Recorded in
Philippines, Australia, India, Thailand, Pakistan, Somalia, Solomon Islands, Indonesia

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Etymology
  • Species
  • Characteristics
  • Distribution and habitat
  • References

Parascolopsis, the dwarf monocle breams, is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nemipteridae, the threadfin breams. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

==Taxonomy== Parascolopsis was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1901 by the Belgian-born British ichthyologist George Albert Boulenger when he described its only species, Parascolopsis townsendi from the Sea of Oman. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies Parascolopsis within the family Nemipteridae which it places in the order Spariformes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Parascolopsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.