Psenes

Taxobox
name = "Psenes"
fossil_range = Early Oligocene to Present [cite journal
last = Sepkoski
first = Jack
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = A compendium of fossil marine animal genera
journal = Bulletins of American Paleontology
volume = 364
issue =
pages = p.560
publisher =
location =
date = 2002
url = http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class
doi =
id =
accessdate = 2007-12-25 ]

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image_caption = "Psenes maculatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Nomeidae
genus = "Psenes"

"Psenes" is one genus among 4 genera containing altogether 18 species of perciform fish of the family Nomeidae commonly known as Driftfish. The genus "Psenes" contains six species.

Species

** Banded driftfish "Psenes arafurensis"
** Freckled driftfish "Psenes cyanophrys"
** Silver driftfish "Psenes maculatus"
** Bluefin driftfish "Psenes pellucidus"
** Twospine driftfish "Psenes sio"
** Shadow driftfish "Psenes whiteleggii"

Their entries in [http://www.fishbase.org/search.php FishBase] are:

References