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Acanthistius

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Anthiadinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Serranidae

Scientific name
  
Acanthistius

Higher classification
  
Anthiadinae

Order
  
Perciformes

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Similar
  
Serranidae, Caprodon, Hypoplectrodes, Perciformes, Caesioperca

Eastern wirrah acanthistius ocellatus


Acanthistius is a genus of fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Serranidae, while some consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.

Contents

Yellowbanded wirrah acanthistius cinctus juvenile


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

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