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Taxonomy Identification of Pigfacebreams

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Title Taxonomy Identification of Pigfacebreams
 
Creator Najmudeen, T M
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description Pigface breams belong to the family Lethrinidae. They are tropical marine perciforms found
entirely in the Indo-Pacific, except one species that occurs only in the eastern Atlantic. They belong
to the suborder Percoidei, a diverse group containing many families whose relationships are poorly
understood. Lethrinids are included under the superfamily Sparoidea, which also contains the
families Sparidae (porgies), Centracanthidae and Nemipteridae (threadfin bream). Among
percoids, sparoicis appear most closely related to the Lutjanoidea (includes the snappers or
Lutjanidae and, fusiliers or Caesionidae) and the Haemuloidea (includes the grunts or Haemulidae
and Inermiidae). There has been much confusion concerning the familial allocation of the genera
and species amongst these groups.
 
Publisher ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
 
Date 2022
 
Type Book Section
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/15717/1/Winter%20School%20on%20Recent%20Development%20in%20Taxonomic%20Techniques%20of%20Marine%20Fishes%20for%20Conservation%20and%20Sustainable%20Fisheries%20Management_2022_Najmudeen%20T%20M.pdf
Najmudeen, T M (2022) Taxonomy Identification of Pigfacebreams. In: ICAR-CMFRI -Winter School on Recent Development in Taxonomic Techniques of Marine Fishes for Conservation and Sustainable Fisheries Management. ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Kochi, pp. 209-219.