Acanthistius pictus

Acanthistius pictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Acanthistius
Species:
A. pictus
Binomial name
Acanthistius pictus
(Tschudi, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Plectropoma pictum Tschudi, 1846

Acanthistius pictus, also known as the brick seabass, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. The species is native to the Chile and Peru portion of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.[1][2]

Length

The fish gets up to 47.0 centimetres (18.5 in) in length.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pequeño, G., 1989. Peces de Chile. Lista sistematica revisada y comentada. Rev. Biol. Mar., Valparaiso 24(2):1-132.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthistius pictus". FishBase. December 2020 version.