Anisochromis

Anisochromis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
(unranked):Ovalentaria
Family:Pseudochromidae
Subfamily:Anisochrominae
J.L.B. Smith, 1954[1]
Genus:Anisochromis
J.L.B. Smith, 1954
Type species
Anisochromis kenyae
J.L.B. Smith, 1954[2]

Anisochromis is a genus of ray-finned fish, it is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Anisochrominae, part of the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are distinguished from other subfamilies of the Pseudochromidae by having a single spine and four soft rays, three of which are branched and one is simple, in the pelvic fins and the pelvic fins are obviously placed to the front of the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral fins have 13-15 rays and there is a single lateral line which runs along the base of the dorsal fin, the dorsal fin having one weak spine.[3]

Species

There are three species in the genus Anisochromis:[4]

  • Anisochromis kenyae J.L.B. Smith, 1954 (Annie)
  • Anisochromis mascarenensis Gill & Fricke, 2001
  • Anisochromis straussi Springer, C.L. Smith & Fraser, 1977

References

  1. ↑ WoRMS (2014). "Anisochromis Smith, 1954". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Anisochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). Species of Anisochromis in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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