Acanthistius

Acanthistius
Acanthistius ocellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Serranidae
Subfamily:Anthiadinae
Genus:Acanthistius
Bloch, 1793
Species

See text.

Acanthistius is a genus of fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Serranidae, while some consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.[1]

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. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds. Acanthistius. FishBase. 2014.


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