''Acanthistius'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...
. Some authors place the genus in the family
Anthiadidae
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 ...
,
while others consider it to be ''
incertae sedis
or is a term used for a taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
'', where it is not clear which family it belongs to.
[Mansur, L. E. (2011)]
First record of partial albinism in the temperate rocky reefs fish ''Acanthistius patachonicus'' (''Insertae sedis'') off southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
''Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences'' 6(2), 185-87.
Species
There are 11 species in the genus:
* ''
Acanthistius brasilianus''
(Cuvier, 1828) – Argentine sea bass
* ''
Acanthistius cinctus''
( Günther, 1859) – yellowbanded perch
* ''
Acanthistius fuscus''
Regan, 1913 – Rapanui seabass
*''
Acanthistius joanae''
Heemstra, 2010 – scalyjaw koester
* ''
Acanthistius ocellatus''
(Günther, 1859) – eastern wirrah
* ''
Acanthistius pardalotus''
Hutchins, 1981 – leopard wirrah
* ''
Acanthistius patachonicus''
( Jenyns, 1840)
* ''
Acanthistius paxtoni''
Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 – orangelined wirra
* ''
Acanthistius pictus''
( Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass
* ''
Acanthistius sebastoides''
( Castelnau, 1861) – koester
* ''
Acanthistius serratus''
(Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah
References
Anthiadidae
Perciformes genera
Taxa named by Marcus Elieser Bloch
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