Pentapodus

Pentapodus
Pentapodus aureofasciatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Nemipteridae
Genus: Pentapodus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Type species
Pentapodus vitta
Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Synonyms
  • Leiopsis Anonymous [E. T. Bennett] 1830
  • Pentapus Valenciennes, 1830
  • Maenoides J. Richardson, 1843
  • Heterodon Bleeker, 1845
  • Heterognathodon Bleeker, 1848
  • Leptoscolopsis S. Tanaka (I), 1915
  • Psilopentapodus Fowler, 1933
  • Parabodianus de Beaufort, 1940
  • Lunicauda Whitley, 1947

Pentapodus is a genus of threadfin breams native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Pentapodus aureofasciatus B. C. Russell, 2001 (yellowstripe threadfin bream)
  • Pentapodus bifasciatus (Bleeker, 1848) (white-shouldered whiptail)
  • Pentapodus caninus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (small-toothed whiptail)
  • Pentapodus emeryii (J. Richardson, 1843) (double whiptail)
  • Pentapodus komodoensis G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 (Komodo whiptail)
  • Pentapodus nagasakiensis (S. Tanaka (I), 1915) (Japanese whiptail)
  • Pentapodus numberii G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2009 (Papuan whiptail)
  • Pentapodus paradiseus (Günther, 1859) (paradise whiptail)
  • Pentapodus porosus (Valenciennes, 1830) (Northwest Australian whiptail)
  • Pentapodus setosus (Valenciennes, 1830) (butterfly whiptail)
  • Pentapodus trivittatus (Bloch, 1791) (three-striped whiptail)
  • Pentapodus vitta Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (striped whiptail)

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Pentapodus in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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