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Pachymetopon
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Pachymetopon

Pachymetopon is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The species in this genus are endemic to Southern Africa.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Hottentot Seabream

speciesPachymetopon blochii

Bronze Seabream

speciesPachymetopon grande

Blue Hottentot

speciesPachymetopon aeneum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90595.