Biology:Baldwinella

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Baldwinella
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Baldwinella vivanus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Baldwinella
Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
Type species
Pronotogrammus aureorubens
Longley, 1935[1]

Baldwinella is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the grouper and sea bass family Serranidae. It was created in 2012 and the name honours Carole C. Baldwin of the Division of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History, recognised her contribution to the study of the Serranidae.[2]

Species

There are two species classified within the genus Baldwinella:[3]

  • Baldwinella aureorubens (Longley, 1935) (Streamer bass)
  • Baldwinella vivanus (Jordan & Swain, 1885) (Red barbier)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Baldwinella". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=11211. 
  2. William D. Anderson, Jr.; Phillip C. Heemstra (2012). "Review of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Anthiine Fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Serranidae), with Descriptions of Two New Genera". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Series 102 (2): I-173. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Baldwinella in FishBase. December 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q21224021 entry