Acanthaphritis

Acanthaphritis is a genus of bony fish which are part of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae of the duckbill family Percophidae. They have an Indo-Pacific distribution.

Acanthaphritis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Subfamily: Hemerocoetinae
Genus: Acanthaphritis
Günther, 1880
Type species
Acanthaphritis grandisquamis
Günther, 1880
Synonyms[1]
  • Branchiopsaron McKay, 1971
  • Spinapsaron Okamura & Kishida, 1963

Species

There are four recognised species in Acanthaphritis:[2]

  • Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
  • Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
  • Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971)
  • Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996

References
  1. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Acanthaphritis in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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