Biology:Parapriacanthus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Parapriacanthus | |
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| Parapriacanthus ransonneti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pempheridae |
| Genus: | Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870[1] |
| Type species | |
| Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870[1]
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Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923 | |
Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2] Parapriacanthus are bioluminescent, with ventral light organs for counter-illumination. Parapriacanthus luciferase is a kleptoprotein, obtained from their diet on bioluminescent ostracods.[3]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923) [4]
- Parapriacanthus darros J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935) (Deep bullseye)
- Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911) (Slender bullseye)
- Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) [4]
- Parapriacanthus kwazulu J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971 (Red-fin sweeper)
- Parapriacanthus punctulatus J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus rahah J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Pygmy sweeper)
- Parapriacanthus sharm J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Parapriacanthus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=3582.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Parapriacanthus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ↑ Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Yamamoto, Naoyuki; Shigenobu, Shuji; Mori, Hitoshi; Kuwata, Keiko; Oba, Yuichi (2020). "Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey". Science Advances (American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)) 6 (2): eaax4942. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax4942. ISSN 2375-2548. PMID 31934625. Bibcode: 2020SciA....6.4942B.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Randall, J.E.; Bogorodsky, S.V. (2016). "Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 1–24. http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf20a.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q2524879 entry
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