Antigonia (fish)
| Antigonia | |
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| Deepbody boarfish, (A. capros) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Caproiformes |
| Family: | Caproidae |
| Subfamily: | Antigoniinae |
| Genus: | Antigonia R. T. Lowe, 1843 |
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| Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843
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Antigonia is a genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Caproidae, the boarfishes. This genus is found in the warmer oceans around the world and is the only extant genus in the subfamily Antigoniinae.
Taxonomy
Antigonia was first proposed as a
Etymology
Antigonia, the genus name, was not explained by Lowe but it is probably a combination of anti, meaning "against", and goneos, which means "ancestor". This may be reference to how A. capros is so distinctive yet seems to elucidate the ancestry of relayed forms which Lowe felt were randomly classified before he described A. capros.[6]
Species
Antigonia contains the following recognised species:[7]
- Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986
- Antigonia capros R. T. Lowe, 1843 (deepbody boarfish)
- Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959 (shortspine boarfish)
- Antigonia emanuela Prokofiev, Psomadakis & Gon, 2020 (Emanuela's boarfish)
- Antigonia eos C. H. Gilbert, 1905
- Antigonia hulleyi Parin & Borodulina, 2005
- Antigonia indica Parin & Borodulina, 1986
- Antigonia kenyae Parin & Borodulina, 2005
- Antigonia malayana M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Malayan deepsea boarfish)
- Antigonia ovalis Parin & Borodulina, 2006
- Antigonia quiproqua Parin & Borodulina, 2006
- Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915 (rhomboidal boarfish)
- Antigonia rubescens (Günther, 1860) (Indo-Pacific boarfish)
- Antigonia rubicunda J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (rosy deepsea boarfish)
- Antigonia saya Parin & Borodulina, 1986
- Antigonia socotrae Parin & Borodulina, 2006
- Antigonia undulata Parin & Borodulina, 2005
- Antigonia xenolepis Parin & Borodulina, 1986
Characteristics
Antigonia boarfishes have highly compressed, rhomboid shaped bodies with convex dorsal and ventral profiles. The small head bears bony ridges that radiate, has a concave dorsal profile and a clear crest along the nape. The eyes are large and the mouth is small, upward pointing, opens at the front and has protrusible jaws. The continuous
Distribution
Antigonia boarfishes are found in the tropical and temperate Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.[7]
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Antigoniidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Antigonia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ISBN 9781118342336.
- PMID 28683774.
- ^ "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (6 February 2024). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 2): Families EPHIPPIDAE, LEIOGNATHIDAE, SCATOPHAGIDAE, ANTIGONIIDAE, SIGANIDAE, CAPROIDAE, LUVARIDAE, ZANCLIDAE and ACANTHURIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Antigonia in FishBase. February 2024 version.
- ^ "Genus: Antigonia, Boarfish, Boarfishes". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
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