The Panama spadefish (Parapsettus panamensis) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ephippidae, the spadefishes. This species is found in the Pacific coast of the Americas from the Gulf of California to Peru. This species grows to a length of 30 centimetres (12 in) TL though most do not exceed 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL. The Panama spadefishes is the only known member of the monospecific genus Parapsettus .[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Ephippidae |
| Genus: | Parapsettus Steindachner, 1876 |
| Species: | P. panamensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Parapsettus panamensis (Steindachner, 1876)
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References
edit- ^ Smith-Vaniz, B.; Robertson, R.; Collette, B.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; Molina, H.; Salas, E.; Guzman-Mora, A.G. (2010). "Parapsettus panamensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T178074A7491427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T178074A7491427.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Parapsettus panamensis". FishBase. February 2023 version.
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