Parasphyraenops
| Parasphyraenops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Serraninae |
| Genus: | Parasphyraenops Bean, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean, 1912[1]
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Parasphyraenops is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Serraninae, which is one of three subfamilies in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and groupers. These fishes are found in the central western Atlantic Ocean.
Species[edit]
There are two species classified in the genus Parasphyraenops:[2]
- Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean, 1912 – bank bass, black handed bass[2][3]
- Parasphyraenops incisus (Colin, 1978) – fork-tailed bass, bantam bass[4][5]
References[edit]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parasphyraenops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Parasphyraenops in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ "Species: Parasphyraenops atrimanus, Black handed bass". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ "Species: Parasphyraenops incisus, Bantam bass". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Parasphyraenops incisus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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