Parapriacanthus

Parapriacanthus
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pempheridae
Genus: Parapriacanthus
Steindachner, 1870
Type species
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
Steindachner, 1870
Synonyms

Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923
Pempherichthys Klunzinger, 1871

Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Parapriacanthus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Randall, J.E. & Bogorodsky, S.V. (2016). "Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation,. 20: 1–24.


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