Panama Spadefish
Parapsettus panamensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Fish
The Panama spadefish is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. This species is found in the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL though most do not exceed 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. The Panama spadefishes is the only known member of the monospecific genus Parapsettus.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Acanthuriformes
- Family
- Ephippidae
- Genus
- Parapsettus