Pterycombus is a genus of pomfrets distinguished by greatly elongated dorsal and anal fins.

Pterycombus can be distinguished from Pteraclis by examining the dorsal and anal fin rays, which should be relatively uniform in thickness to neighboring rays and by a lack of scales anterior to the dorsal fin.

[2] Currently, there are two recognized species in this genus:[3] Pterycombus brama can be distinguished from Pterycombus petersii by measuring the length of the longest dorsal and anal fin rays.

P. brama is generally distributed throughout the North and Central Atlantic Ocean, while P. petersii inhabits Pacific waters from Southern Africa to the Indo-Pacific.

However, P. petersii has recently been found in the eastern North Pacific off the coast of Oregon,[5] suggesting that it may have a greater distribution throughout Pacific waters.