Choranthias
| Choranthias | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Choranthias tenuis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Anthias tenuis | |
Choranthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Anthiadidae. The genus was erected 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 in the family.[2]
Species
[edit]There are two species classified within the genus Choranthias:[3]
- Choranthias salmopunctatus (Lubbock & A.J. Edwards, 1981) (Salmon-spotted jewelfish)
- Choranthias tenuis (Nichols, 1902) (Threadnose bass)
References
[edit]- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Choranthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Choranthias". FishBase. December 2019 version.
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