Acanthaphritis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachiniformes
Family: Percophidae
Subfamily: Hemerocoetinae
Genus: Acanthaphritis
Günther, 1880
Type species
Acanthaphritis grandisquamis
Günther, 1880
Synonyms[1]
  • Branchiopsaron McKay, 1971
  • Spinapsaron Okamura & Kishida, 1963

Acanthaphritis is a genus of bony fish which are part of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae of the duckbill family Percophidae. They have an Indo-Pacific distribution.

Species

There are four recognised species in Acanthaphritis:[2]

  • Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
  • Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
  • Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971)
  • Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996

References

  1. ↑ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Acanthaphritis in FishBase. February 2018 version.


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