Atlantic fanfish

Pterycombus brama Fries, 1837

Also calledCastagnole voilier (fra) · Fengömmare (swe) · Merfogiaid Arian (cym) · Peixe abanico do Atlántico (glg) · Silberbrassen (deu) · Silfurbrami (isl) · Sölvbrasen (nor) · Sölvbrasme (nor) · Sølvbrasen (dan) · Sølvbrasme (nor) · Voladora (spa) · hopeapomfretti (fin) · merfog arian (cym) · poisson-écaille atlantique (fra)

First described in: Fries, B.F. (1837). Pterycombus, ett nytt fisk-slägte från Ishafvet. <em>Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm.</em> Series 3, v. 25: 14-22, Pl. 2. [Also in Arch. Nat. (5 Jahrg.) pt. 1:19-26.].

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.