''Luzonichthys'' is a
genus
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of
marine ray-finned fish
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in the
family
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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 ...
.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Luzonichthys earlei''
J. E. Randall, 1981 (Earle's splitfin)
* ''
Luzonichthys kiomeamea''
Shepherd
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, Pinheiro, Phelps, Perez-Matus & Rocha, 2019 (Easter Island splitfin)
[Shepherd, B., Pinheiro, H.T., Phelps, T., Perez-Matus, A. & Rocha, L.A. (2019) Luzonichthys kiomeamea (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), a new species from a mesophotic coral ecosystem of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 33, 17-27.; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3237914]
* ''
Luzonichthys microlepis
''Luzonichthys'' is a genus of Marine fish, marine ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Anthiadidae.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Luzonichthys earlei'' John Ernest Randall, J. E. Randall, 1981 (E ...
''
(J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1955) (Slender splitfin)
* ''
Luzonichthys seaver''
Copus, Ka'apu-Lyons & Pyle
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, 2015 (Seaver splitfin)
* ''
Luzonichthys taeniatus''
J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992 (Striped splitfin)
* ''
Luzonichthys waitei''
( Fowler, 1931) (Waite's splitfin)
* ''
Luzonichthys whitleyi''
(J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1955) (Whitley's splitfin)
* ''
Luzonichthys williamsi''
J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992
Gallery
File:MinamiHDosu.jpg, Luzonichthys waitei
File:MinamiHDlon.jpg, Luzonichthys waitei
References
Anthiadidae
Perciformes genera
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