Antigonia (fish)

Antigonia is a genus of boarfishes, the largest genus in its family. These are deep-water species, generally found at depths below 50 m (160 ft). Various extinct species were once placed within Antigonia, but have since been removed to Eoantigonia and Proantigonia

Antigonia
Deepbody boarfish, (A. capros)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Caproiformes
Family: Caproidae
Genus: Antigonia
R. T. Lowe, 1843
Type species
Antigonia capros
Lowe, 1843
Synonyms[1]

Caprophonus Müller & Troschel, 1848 Hypsinotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986
  • Antigonia capros R. T. Lowe, 1843 (deepbody boarfish)
  • Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959 (shortspine boarfish)
  • Antigonia emanuela Prokofiev, Psomadakis & Gon, 2020 (Emanuela's boarfish)
  • Antigonia eos C. H. Gilbert, 1905
  • Antigonia hulleyi Parin & Borodulina, 2005
  • Antigonia indica Parin & Borodulina, 1986
  • Antigonia kenyae Parin & Borodulina, 2005
  • Antigonia malayana M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Malayan deepsea boarfish)
  • Antigonia ovalis Parin & Borodulina, 2006
  • Antigonia quiproqua Parin & Borodulina, 2006
  • Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915 (rhomboidal boarfish)
  • Antigonia rubicunda J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (rosy deepsea boarfish)
  • Antigonia socotrae Parin & Borodulina, 2006
  • Antigonia undulata Parin & Borodulina, 2005
  • Antigonia xenolepis Parin & Borodulina, 1986

Taxonomy

The genus Antigonia was placed in subfamily Antigoniinae in Caproidae in Nelson's Fishes of the World,[3] but is placed in family Antigoniidae in some recent treatments.[1][2]

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Antigoniidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Antigoniidae". Fishbase. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 507. ISBN 9781118342336.
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