Choranthias
| Choranthias | |
|---|---|
| |
| Choranthias tenuis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Anthiinae |
| Genus: | Choranthias Anderson & Heemstra, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Anthias tenuis | |
Choranthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the grouper and sea bass family Serranidae. It was created 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 classified within the subfamily Anthiinae.[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]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & 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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Choranthias in FishBase. December 2019 version.