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Antigoniinae
Antigoniinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Caproidae, the boarfishes. These fishes are found in the warmer oceans throughout the world. Taxonomy Antigoniinae was first named as a taxonomic grouping in 1898 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies Antigoniinae as a subfamily of the Caproidae, within the order Caproiformes, as do other authorities. However, other authorities classify this taxon as a family, the Antigoniidae, and classify and the Caproidae in the order Acanthuriformes. Genera Antigoniinae contains one extant and two extinct genera: * '' Antigonia'' Lowe, 1843 * †'' Proantigonia'' Kramberger, 1882 * †'' Eoantigonia'' Baciu, Bannikov & Tyler, 2005 Characteristics Antigoniinae boarfishes are predominantly red in colour and have very deep, compressed, rhomboid shapwed bodies. Most of the scales on the body are clearly ridged, the rid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antigonia (fish)
''Antigonia'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Caproidae, the boarfishes. This genus is found in the warmer oceans around the world and is the only extant genus in the subfamily Antigoniinae. Taxonomy ''Antigonia'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1843 by the English zoologist Richard Thomas Lowe when he described ''Antigonia capros'' as a new species. When Lowe described ''A. capros'' he gave its type locality as Madeira. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this genus in the Antigoniinae, a subfamily of the Caproidae, within the order Caproiformes, as do other authorities. However, other authorities classify this taxon as a family, the Antigoniidae, and classify and the Caproidae in the order Acanthuriformes. Etymology ''Antigonia'', the genus name, was not explained by Lowe but it is probably a combination of ''anti'', meaning "against", and ''goneos'', which means "ancestor". This may be reference to how ''A. capros' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |