''Rabaulichthys'' is a genus of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

in the family

Serranidae The Serranidae are a large family of fishes belonging to the order Perciformes. The family contains about 450 species in 65 genera, including the sea basses and the groupers (subfamily Epinephelinae). Although many species are small, in some c ...

with four species, ranging sizes from 6 to 6.4 cm long, all of which are found in areas including the Western Central Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwest

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, and Western

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Etymology

The genus is named after the town of Rabaul in New Britain, Papua New Guinea, which is best known as the site of a 1942 battle between Japanese and Allied forces in WW2.

Species

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Rabaulichthys altipinnis ''Rabaulichthys altipinnis'', the sailfin anthias, is a species of ray-finned fish within the family Serranidae. The species grows to a length of 6 centimeters, with 10 dorsal spines, 15 to 16 dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines, and 6 to 7 anal soft ...

'' Allen, 1984 (Sailfin anthias) * ''

Rabaulichthys squirei ''Rabaulichthys'' is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae with four species, ranging sizes from 6 to 6.4 cm long, all of which are found in areas including the Western Central Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwest Pacific, and Western Indian O ...

Randall Randall may refer to the following: Places United States *Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community * Randall, Indiana, a former town *Randall, Iowa, a city *Randall, Kansas, a city *Randall, Minnesot ...

& Walsh, 2010 * ''

Rabaulichthys stigmaticus ''Rabaulichthys'' is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae with four species, ranging sizes from 6 to 6.4 cm long, all of which are found in areas including the Western Central Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwest Pacific, and Western Indian O ...

'' Randall & Pyle, 1989 (Spotfin anthias) * ''

Rabaulichthys suzukii ''Rabaulichthys'' is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae with four species, ranging sizes from 6 to 6.4 cm long, all of which are found in areas including the Western Central Pacific, Western Pacific, Northwest Pacific, and Western Indian O ...

'' Masuda & Randall, 2001

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3914164 Marine fish genera Anthiinae Taxa named by Gerald R. Allen