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Pampus argenteus, the silver pomfret or white pomfret (or pompano to avoid confusion with true pomfrets of the genus Bramidae), is a species of butterfish that lives in the Indo-West Pacific, spanning the coastal waters of the Middle East, Eastern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. [2]
Pampus is a genus of ray-finned fish of the family Stromateidae. They are an important food fish in East and Southeast Asia. In common parlance they are often called pomfrets, although scientifically the term pomfret properly refers to fish of the genus Bramidae. An alternative name for "pomfrets" of the Pampus genus is "pompano".
The family Stromateidae or butterfish contains 15 species of ray-finned fish in three genera. Butterfishes live in coastal waters off the Americas, western Africa and in the Indo-Pacific.
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Microcotyle argenticus has the general morphology of all species of Microcotyle, with a symmetrical slender elongated body, comprising an anterior part which contains most organs and a posterior part called the haptor.
It was the second species of Red Sea creature, following Pampus argenteus, [citation needed] to be recorded in the Mediterranean Sea following the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, being reported by Tillier in 1902 [6] and had spread north westwards as far as Greece. [7]
This is a list of fish found in and around Great Britain, in both fresh water (lakes, rivers, streams and man-made pools) and salt water.This list includes species that are native to Great Britain, as well as those which have been introduced from other countries.
Monodactylus argenteus is a species of fish in the family Monodactylidae, the moonyfishes. Its common names include silver moonyfish , or natal moony , [ 2 ] butter bream , and diamondfish . [ 3 ] It is native to the western Pacific and Indian Oceans , including the Persian Gulf , Red Sea , and associated estuaries, such as the Mekong Delta .