Acanthistius

Acanthistius
Acanthistius ocellatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus:
Bloch, 1793
Type species
Plectropoma serratum
Cuvier, 1828[1]
Species

See text.

Acanthistius is a genus of ray-finned fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Anthiadidae,[2] while others consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.[3]

Species

There are 11 species in the genus:[2]

  • Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828) – Argentine sea bass
  • Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859) – yellowbanded perch
  • Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 – Rapanui seabass
  • Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 – scalyjaw koester
  • Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859) – eastern wirrah
  • Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 – leopard wirrah
  • Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)
  • Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 – orangelined wirra
  • Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass
  • Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) – koester
  • Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acanthistius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acanthistius". FishBase. December 2019 version.
  3. ^ Mansur, L. E. (2011). First record of partial albinism in the temperate rocky reefs fish Acanthistius patachonicus (Insertae sedis) off southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 6(2), 185-87.