Choranthias

Choranthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the grouper and sea bass family Serranidae. It was created in 2012 and the name is a compound of the Greek chora meaning "room" or "space" and anthias meaning a "seafish", a reference to the broken lateral line of this genus compared to the other genera classified within the subfamily Anthiinae.[2]

Choranthias
Choranthias tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Choranthias
Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
Type species
Anthias tenuis

Species

There are two species classified within the genus Choranthias:[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Choranthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. William D. Anderson, Jr. & Phillip C. Heemstra (2012). "Review of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Anthiine Fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Serranidae), with Descriptions of Two New Genera". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. New Series. 102 (2): I-173. JSTOR 41507695.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Choranthias in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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