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Black Pomfret
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Other fish (coast and sea)

Black Pomfret

Parastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBlack Pomfret
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese乌鲳
Scientific nameParastromateus niger (Bloch, 1795)

About this species

The black pomfret (Parastromateus niger) is a species of carangid native to reefs of the Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean. This species is very important to local fisheries and is the only known member of its genus. It is not a true pomfret, being a species of jackfish, instead.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
OrderPerciformes
FamilyCarangidae
GenusParastromateus

Related species in Suriname