Goniistius

Goniistius is a genus of morwongs found in the Pacific Ocean and southeastern Indian Ocean. They were formerly included in the genus Cheilodactylus in family Cheilodactylidae, but based on genetic and morpological analyses they have been moved Goniistius in family Latridae.[1][2][3]

Goniistius
Goniistius vittatus (above),
Goniistius zonatus (below)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Latridae
Genus:
Goniistius

Gill, 1862
Type species
Cheilodactylus zonatus
G. Cuvier, 1830

Species

The following species belong in this genus:[2][3]

  • Goniistius francisi (C. P. Burridge, 2004) (Blacktip morwong)
  • Goniistius gibbosus J. Richardson, 1841 (Western crested morwong)
  • Goniistius plessisi J. E. Randall, 1983 (Plessis' morwong)
  • Goniistius quadricornis Günther, 1860
  • Goniistius rubrolabiatus G. R. Allen & Heemstra, 1976
  • Goniistius vestitus (Castelnau, 1879) (Crested morwong)
  • Goniistius vittatus A. Garrett, 1864 (Hawaiian morwong)
  • Goniistius zebra Döderlein, 1883 (Redlip morwong)
  • Goniistius zonatus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Spottedtail morwong)

References
  1. Burridge and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127
  2. Ludt, W.B., Burridge, C.P. & Chakrabarty, P. (2019). A taxonomic revision of Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Centrarchiformes: Cirrhitoidei) using morphological and genomic characters. Zootaxa 585(1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.7
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Goniistius species". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 July 2019.


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