Pempheris

{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = TsumaguroHP.jpg

| image_caption = Pempheris japonica

| image2 = Pempheris vanicolensis Karpathos.JPG

| image2_caption = Pempheris rhomboidea

| taxon = Pempheris

| authority = G. Cuvier, 1829{{Cof record|genid=1141|title=Pempheris|access-date=9 April 2020}}

| type_species = Pempheris touea

| type_species_authority = G. Cuvier, 1829

| synonyms =

Catalufa Snyder, 1911

Liopempheris Ogilby, 1913

Priacanthopsis Fowler, 1906

| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family|family=Pempheridae|access-date=9 April 2020}}

}}

File:Vanikoro Sweeper (Pempheris vanicolensis) (8477642914).jpg

Pempheris is a genus of sweepers native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean.{{FishBase genus | genus = Pempheris| month = June| year = 2017}}

Species

There are currently more than 70 recognized species in this genus:

References