Pampus is a genus of 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 | |
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| Pampus argenteus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scombriformes |
| Family: | Stromateidae |
| Genus: | Pampus Bonaparte, 1834 |
| Type species | |
| Stromateus candidus Cuvier, 1829 | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
- Pampus argenteus Euphrasén, 1788 (Silver pomfret)
- Pampus chinensis Euphrasén, 1788 (Chinese silver pomfret)
- Pampus echinogaster Basilewsky, 1855
- Pampus liuorum J. Liu & C. S. Li, 2013 (Liu's pomfret) [1]
- Pampus minor J. Liu & C. S. Li, 1998 (Southern lesser pomfret)
- Pampus punctatissimus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845