Biology:Sacura

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Sacura
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Sacura margaritacea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Sacura
D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1910
Type species
Anthias margaritaceus
Hilgendorf, 1879[1]

Sacura is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

  • Sacura boulengeri (Heemstra, 1973) (Boulenger's sacura)
  • Sacura margaritacea (Hilgendorf, 1879) (Cherry anthias)
  • Sacura parva Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Little fairy basslet)
  • Sacura sanguinea Motomura, Yoshida & Vilasri, 2017 [3] (Andaman deep-water anthias)
  • Sacura speciosa Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Purple-head sacura)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Sacura". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=5563. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Sacura in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  3. Motomura, H., Yoshida, T. & Vilasri, V. (2017): New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea. Zootaxa, 4306 (2): 291–295.

Wikidata ☰ Q3944707 entry