Schuettea

Schuettea
Woodward's pomfret, Schuettea woodwardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acropomatiformes
Genus: Schuettea
Steindachner, 1866
Type species
Schuettea scalaripinnis
Steindachner, 1866[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bramichthys Waite, 1905

Schuettea is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes native to Australia.[2] They are commonly referred to as "pomfrets" but are not closely related to true pomfrets of the Bramidae.[3]

Their taxonomic status is currently uncertain; they were formerly placed as the only other extant genus of the family Monodactylidae,[2] but more recent phylogenetic studies suggests they belong to the order Acropomatiformes as an incertae sedis member. They are not yet assigned to a family.[3][4]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Caristiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Schuettea". FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Schuettea". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  4. ^ Smith, W. Leo; Ghedotti, Michael J.; Domínguez-Domínguez, Omar; McMahan, Caleb D.; Espinoza, Eduardo; Martin, Rene P.; Girard, Matthew G.; Davis, Matthew P. (2022). "Investigations into the ancestry of the Grape-eye Seabass (Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos) reveal novel limits and relationships for the Acropomatiformes (Teleostei: Percomorpha)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 20 (3) e210160. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0160. ISSN 1679-6225.