Pseudopriacanthus

Pseudopriacanthus
Pseudopriacanthus niphonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Priacanthidae
Genus: Pseudopriacanthus
Bleeker, 1869

Pseudopriacanthus is a genus of fish in the family Priacanthidae. Although previously synonymized with the Eocene genus Pristigenys, it has been recently revalidated based on numerous differences in the cranial region and the fins.[1][2]

Species

There are five currently recognized species:[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Carnevale, Giorgio, Johnson, G. D., Marramà, Giuseppe and Bannikov, Alexandre F. 2017. A reappraisal of the Eocene priacanthid fish Pristigenys substriata (Blainville, 1818) from Monte Bolca, Italy. Journal of Paleontology, 91(3): 554-565. doi:10.1017/jpa.2017.19
  2. Starnes, W.C., 1988. "Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae." Bull. Mar. Sci. 43(2):117-203.
  3. Iwatsuki, Y., T. Matsuda, W.C. Starnes, T. Nakabo and T. Yoshino. (2012). "A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862), and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae)". Zootaxa 3206:41-57.
  • Nelson, J. S. (1994). Fishes of the World, Third Edition.. xvii + 600. John Wiley and Sons. New York. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
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