Acanthistius
| Acanthistius | |
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| Acanthistius ocellatus | |
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| Acanthistius cinctus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Acanthistius Bloch, 1793 |
| Type species | |
| Plectropoma serratum Cuvier, 1828 | |
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Acanthistius is a genus of ray-finned fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Anthiadidae, while others consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.
Species
There are 11 species in the genus:
- 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
- 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.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 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.
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