Biology:Dichistius
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Dichistius | |
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| Galjoen (D. capensis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Dichistiidae J. L. B. Smith, 1935[2] |
| Genus: | Dichistius T. N. Gill, 1888[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dipterodon capensis G. Cuvier, 1831[1]
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Dichistius is a genus of perciform fishes, the galjoen fishes, native to the Atlantic coast of southern Africa (D. capensis) and the Indian Ocean coast of southern Africa (D. multifasciatus). Growing to lengths of 80 cm (31 in) (D. capensis) and 35 cm (14 in) (D. multifasciatus), both known species are popular commercial and game fishes.[3][4]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]
- Dichistius capensis (G. Cuvier, 1831) (galjoen)
- Dichistius multifasciatus (Pellegrin, 1914) (banded galjoen)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Dichistius". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=4334.
- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Dichistiidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Dichistius in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1436639 entry
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