Biology:Callaus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Callaus
Sciaena deliciosa.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Sciaenidae
Genus: Callaus
Jordan, 1889
Type species
Corvina deliciosa
Tschudi, 1846[1]

Callaus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. The genus is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of western South America.

Species

Callaus has 2 species classified within it, one of which is extinct:

  • Callaus cubaguanus Aguilera, Schwarzhans & Béarez, 2016[2]
  • Callaus deliciosa Tschudi, 1846 (Lorna drum)[3]

means exctinct

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Sciaenidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Sciaenidae. 
  2. Orangel A. Aguilera; Werner Schwarzhans; Philippe Béarez (2016). "Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America". Palaeo Ichthyologica 14: 7–90. 
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Callaus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Callaus. 

Wikidata ☰ Q25398683 entry