Dactylanthias

Dactylanthias is a small genus of fish belonging to the Anthiinae subfamily. It includes only two species from Ambon Island, Indonesia and the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.

Dactylanthias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Dactylanthias
Bleeker, 1871
Type species
Anthias aplodactylus
Bleeker, 1858
Species

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Taxonomy

Dactylanthias was first established by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1871. It is classified under the subfamily Anthiadinae of the family Serranidae.[1]

Description

Dactylanthias was known only from a single specimen of Dactylanthias aplodactylus from Ambon Island, Indonesia,[2] until another species was described in 2007 from the Tuamotus of French Polynesia.[3][4]

Species

The following species are classified under Dactylanthias:[1]

  • Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858)
  • Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007
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References
  1. Nicolas Bailly (2013). Bailly N (ed.). "Dactylanthias". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  2. Cristina V. Garilao & Kathleen Kesner-Reyes. "Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858)". FishBase. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  3. Estelita Emily Capuli & Nicolas Bailly. "Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007". FishBase. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  4. J.E. Randall (2007). "Dactylanthias baccheti, a new species of anthiine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago". Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 12 (2): 83–88.
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