Pomadasys

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Pomadasys
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–present
Small-spotted Grunter (P. commersonnii)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Pomadasys
Lacépède, 1802
Type species
Sciaena argentea
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms[1]

Pomadasys is a genus of grunts native to the waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific coast of the Americas.[2] The name of this genus is a compound of poma meaning "lid" or "covering" and dasys meaning "rough", a reference to the serrated preopercle.[3]

Species

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There are currently 34 recognized species in this genus:[2]

The fossil species †Pomadasys sadeki (Joleaud & Cuvillier, 1933) (formerly placed in its own genus, Kemtichthys) is known from the Middle Eocene-aged Mokattam Formation of Egypt.[5][6]

Systematics

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Pomadasys has been subject to some molecular studies which have resolved the genus as paraphyletic. To resolve this paraphyly the genera Rhencus and Rhonciscus were revived with the eastern Pacific species P. maacrocanthus and P. panamensis being placed in Rhencus while Rhonicus contains the eastern Pacific species P. bayanus and the western Atlantic species P. crocro.[7]

References

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