Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Glaucosomatidae Pearl perches

Genus: Glaucosoma

(See list of species below)


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4 species (see list below)
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Photo by CSIRO

Western Pacific
Max. Length 55 cm TL
Glaucosoma buergeri Richardson, 1845

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Glaucosoma buergeri
[Deepsea jewfish]

Photo by Good, P.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 122 cm TL
Glaucosoma hebraicum Richardson, 1845

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Glaucosoma hebraicum
[West Australian dhufish]

Photo by Brennan, L.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 32 cm TL
Glaucosoma magnificum (Ogilby, 1915)

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Glaucosoma magnificum
[Threadfin pearl-perch]

Photo by Yau, B.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 70 cm TL
Glaucosoma scapulare Ramsay, 1881

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Glaucosoma scapulare
[Pearl perch]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Glaucosoma buergeri Deepsea jewfish Western Pacific 55 TL 1845
Glaucosoma hebraicum West Australian dhufish Eastern Indian Ocean 122 TL 1845
Glaucosoma magnificum Threadfin pearl-perch Western Pacific 32 TL 1915
Glaucosoma scapulare Pearl perch Western Pacific 70 TL 1881



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