Acanthistius
| Acanthistius | |
|---|---|
| Acanthistius ocellatus | |
| Acanthistius cinctus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Acanthistius Bloch, 1793 |
| Type species | |
| Plectropoma serratum | |
| Species | |
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Acanthistius is a genus of ray-finned fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Anthiadidae,[2] while others consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.[3]
Species
There are 11 species in the genus:[2][4]
- 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[4]
- Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass
- Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) – koester
- Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah
References
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Acanthistius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acanthistius". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 October 2025.