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Anthiinae
Anthias are members of the family Anthiadidae in the order Perciformes. The group has also been called Anthiidae or Anthiinae, but these names are preoccupied by a subfamily of ground beetles in the family Carabidae erected by Bonelli in 1813. Anthias are mostly small, thus are quite popular within the ornamental fish trade. They form complex social structures based on the number of males and females and also their position on the reef itself, and are mainly zooplankton feeders. They occur in all tropical oceans and seas of the world. The first species recognized in this group was described in the Mediterranean and northeast Atlantic and was given name ''Anthias anthias'' by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Anthias can shoal by the thousands. Anthias do school in these large groups, though they tend toward more intimate subdivisions within the school, appropriately called "harems". These consist of one dominant, colorful male, and two to 12 females — which have their own hierarchy am ...
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Anthiinae (beetle)
Anthiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera: ; Tribe Anthiini Bonelli, 1813 : '' Anthia'' Weber, 1801 (Africa and southwest Asia) : '' Atractonotus'' Perroud, 1847 (Africa) : '' Baeoglossa'' Chaudoir, 1850 (Africa) : '' Cycloloba'' Chaudoir, 1850 (Africa) : '' Cypholoba'' Chaudoir, 1850 (Africa) : '' Eccoptoptera'' Chaudoir, 1878 (Africa) : '' Gonogenia'' Chaudoir, 1844 (Africa) : '' Netrodera'' Chaudoir, 1850 (Africa) ; Tribe Helluonini Hope, 1838 : Subtribe Helluonina Hope, 1838 :: '' Aenigma'' Newman, 1836 (Australia) :: '' Ametroglossus'' Sloane, 1914 (Australia) :: '' Dicranoglossus'' Chaudoir, 1872 (Australia) :: '' Epimicodema'' Sloane, 1914 (Australia) :: '' Gigadema'' J.Thomson, 1859 (Australia) :: '' Helluapterus'' Sloane, 1914 (Australia) :: '' Helluarchus'' Sloane, 1914 (Australia) :: '' Helluo'' Bonelli, 1813 (Australia) :: '' Helluodema'' Laporte, 1867 (Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea) :: '' Helluo ...
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