Biology:Acanthaphritis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Acanthaphritis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemerocoetinae |
| Genus: | Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Acanthaphritis is a genus of bony fish which are part of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae of the duckbill family Percophidae. They have an Indo-Pacific distribution.
Species
There are four recognised species in Acanthaphritis:[2]
- Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
- Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
- Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971)
- Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996
References
- ↑ "Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2014. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=268180.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Acanthaphritis in FishBase. February 2018 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q4849745 entry
