Odontanthias

Odontanthias
Odontanthias borbonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Perciformes
Family:Serranidae
Subfamily:Anthiadinae
Genus:Odontanthias
Bleeker, 1873

Odontanthias is a genus of fish in the subfamily Anthiadinae and family Serranidae found in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. Depending on the exact species, they reach 10–21 cm (3.9–8.3 in) in maximum length. They are found at rocky reefs in deep water, mainly below 100 m (330 ft).[1]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

  • Odontanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828) (Checked swallowtail)
  • Odontanthias caudicinctus (Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986) (Black-blotch swallowtail)
  • Odontanthias cauoh Carvalho-Filho, Macena & Nunes, 2016 (Red jewelfish) [2]
  • Odontanthias chrysostictus (Günther, 1872)
  • Odontanthias dorsomaculatus M. Katayama & Yamamoto, 1986
  • Odontanthias elizabethae Fowler, 1923
  • Odontanthias flagris Yoshino & Araga, 1975
  • Odontanthias fuscipinnis (O. P. Jenkins, 1901) (Hawaiian jewelfish)
  • Odontanthias grahami J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006
  • Odontanthias hensleyi W. D. Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012 [3]
  • Odontanthias katayamai (J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)
  • Odontanthias randalli W. T. White, 2011 (Lombok swallowtail) [4]
  • Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther, 1872)
  • Odontanthias tapui (J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)
  • Odontanthias unimaculatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1917)
  • Odontanthias wassi J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Odontanthias in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. ↑ Carvalho-Filho, A., Macena, B.C.L. & Nunes, D.M. (2016): A new species of Anthiadinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) from São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil, Equatorial Atlantic. Zootaxa, 4139 (4): 585–592.
  3. ↑ Anderson, W.D.Jr. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.
  4. ↑ White, W.T. (2011): Odontanthias randalli n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3015: 21–28.
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