Biology:Choranthias

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Choranthias
Anthias tenuis.jpg
Choranthias tenuis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Choranthias
Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
Type species
Anthias tenuis
Nichols, 1920[1]

Choranthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the grouper and sea bass family Serranidae. It was created in 2012 and the name is a compound of the Greek chora meaning "room" or "space" and anthias meaning a "seafish", a reference to the broken lateral line of this genus compared to the other genera classified within the subfamily Anthiinae.[2]

Species

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Choranthias". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=36146. 
  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 Choranthias in FishBase. December 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q21213882 entry