Acanthistius

Acanthistius is a genus of fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Serranidae, while some consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.[2]

Acanthistius
Acanthistius ocellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Acanthistius
Bloch, 1793
Type species
Plectropoma serratum
Cuvier, 1828[1]
Species

See text.

Species

There are 11 species in the genus:[3]

  • Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828) – Argentine sea bass
  • Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859) – yellowbanded perch
  • Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 – Rapanui seabass
  • Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 – scalyjaw koester
  • Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859) – eastern wirrah
  • Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 – leopard wirrah
  • Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)
  • Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 – orangelined wirra
  • Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass
  • Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) – koester
  • Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah

References
  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acanthistius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. Mansur, L. E. (2011). First record of partial albinism in the temperate rocky reefs fish Acanthistius patachonicus (Insertae sedis) off southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 6(2), 185-87.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Acanthistius in FishBase. December 2019 version.


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