Parapriacanthus

Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2] Parapriacanthus are bioluminescent, with ventral light organs for counter-illumination. Parapriacanthus luciferase is a kleptoprotein, obtained from their diet on bioluminescent ostracods.[3]

Parapriacanthus
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pempheridae
Genus: Parapriacanthus
Steindachner, 1870[1]
Type species
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
Steindachner, 1870[1]
Synonyms

Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923
Pempherichthys Klunzinger, 1871

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Parapriacanthus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Parapriacanthus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Yamamoto, Naoyuki; Shigenobu, Shuji; Mori, Hitoshi; Kuwata, Keiko; Oba, Yuichi (2020). "Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey". Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 6 (2): eaax4942. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax4942. ISSN 2375-2548.
  4. Randall, J.E. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2016). "Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 20: 1–24.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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