Paracaristius

Paracaristius is a genus of fish in the family Caristiidae, the manefishes. It is a small genus with mostly newly described species.[1]

Paracaristius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Caristiidae
Genus:
Paracaristius

Trunov, Kukuev & Parin, 2006
Type species
Caristius maderensis
Maul, 1949

Fish in this genus are separated from similar taxa by the arrangement of their teeth. They have compressed heads with very short snouts, small mouths, and two nostrils. The body is oval to rectangular. The lateral line is not visible. The dorsal fin extends along nearly the whole top edge of the body, and the pectoral fin is "delicate" and "fan-like".[1]

Neocaristius heemstrai has since been moved from Paracasistius and placed in a new genus of its own.[1]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Paracaristius aquilus D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011
  • Paracaristius maderensis (Maul, 1949)
  • Paracaristius nemorosus D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011
  • Paracaristius nudarcus D. E. Stevenson & Kenaley, 2011

References
  1. Stevenson, D. E. and C. P. Kenaley. (2011). Revision of the manefish genus Paracaristius (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Caristiidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Copeia 2011(3) 385-99.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Paracaristius in FishBase. February 2013 version.


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