Parapriacanthus
| Parapriacanthus | |
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| Parapriacanthus ransonneti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Pempheridae |
| Genus: | Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870 |
| Type species | |
| Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923 | |
Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923) [2]
- Parapriacanthus darros J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [2]
- Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935) (Deep bullseye)
- Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911) (Slender bullseye)
- Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) [2]
- Parapriacanthus kwazulu J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [2]
- Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971 (Red-fin sweeper)
- Parapriacanthus punctulatus J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [2]
- Parapriacanthus rahah J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [2]
- Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Pygmy sweeper)
- Parapriacanthus sharm J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Parapriacanthus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
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