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''Baldwinella'' 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 marine
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 ...
from the
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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 ...
. It was erected in 2012 and the name honours Carole C. Baldwin of the Division of Fishes at the
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Species

There are two species classified within the genus ''Baldwinella'': * '' Baldwinella aureorubens'' (Longley, 1935) (Streamer bass) * '' Baldwinella vivanus'' (
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& Swain, 1885)
(Red barbier)


References

Anthiadidae {{Anthiadidae-stub