Pempheridae

curved sweeper

Pempheris poeyi

Fifteen Centimeters Pempherid Fish from Western Atlantic

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Central America and the Caribbean
• North America
• South America
• Deep-bodied
• Compressed cross-section
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Pempheris poeyi, the curved sweeper and shortfin sweeper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a sweeper in the family Pempheridae from the western Atlantic Ocean.