Paradicichthyinae is a

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of marine

ray-finned fishes Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built ...

, one of four subfamilies classified within the

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Lutjanidae Lutjanidae or snappers are a family of perciform fishes, mainly marine but with some members inhabiting estuaries and, in some cases, fresh water (e.g., '' Lutjanus goldiei''). The family includes about 113 species. Most species are used for foo ...

, the snappers.

Taxonomy

Paradicichthyinae was created as a subfamily of the Lutjanidae in 1930 by the

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ichthyologist Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...

Gilbert Percy Whitley Gilbert Percy Whitley (9 June 1903 – 18 July 1975) was a British-born Australian ichthyologist and malacologist who was curator of fishes at the Australian Museum in Sydney for about 40 years. Early life and education Gilbert Percy Whitley ...

with its type species being ''Paradicichthys venenatus'' which Whitley described at the same time. Whtley's ''P. venenatus'' was later shown to be a

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of ''

Symphorus nematophorus The Chinamanfish (''Symphorus nematophorus''), Chinaman snapper, galloper or thread-finned sea perch, is species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy The Ch ...

'' which had been described by the

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ichthyologist

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in 1860. Whitley's name for the subfamily was retained as he was the first to identify and describe this taxon.

Genera

The subfamily Paradicichthyinae contains 2 genera and 2 species: * genus '' Symphorichthys''

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, 1967 * genus ''

Symphorus The Chinamanfish (''Symphorus nematophorus''), Chinaman snapper, galloper or thread-finned sea perch, is species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is found in the Western Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy The Ch ...

'' Günther, 1872

References

Ray-finned fish subfamilies {{Lutjanidae-stub