Pampus (fish)

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".

Pampus
Pampus argenteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scombriformes
Family:	Stromateidae
Genus:	Pampus Bonaparte, 1834
Type species
Stromateus candidus Cuvier, 1829
Synonyms
Chondroplites Gill, 1862 Leptolepis Guichenot, 1867 Stromateoides Bleeker, 1851

Species

There are currently nine valid species:^[1]

• Pampus argenteus (Euphrasén, 1788) (Silver pomfret)
• Pampus candidus (Cuvier, 1829)
• Pampus chinensis Euphrasén, 1788 (Chinese silver pomfret)
• Pampus cinereus (Bloch, 1795) (Grey pomfret)
• Pampus griseus (Cuvier, 1833)
• Pampus liuorum J. Liu & C. S. Li, 2013 (Liu's pomfret) ^[2]
• Pampus minor J. Liu & C. S. Li, 1998 (Southern lesser pomfret)
• Pampus nozawae (Ishikawa, 1904)
• Pampus punctatissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845