Choranthias

Choranthias
Choranthias tenuis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Choranthias
Anderson & Heemstra, 2012
Type species
Anthias tenuis
Nichols, 1920

Choranthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Anthiadidae. The genus was erected 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 in the family.

Species

There are two species classified within the genus Choranthias:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Choranthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Choranthias". FishBase. December 2019 version.