Branchiostegus
| Branchiostegus | |
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| Branchiostegus japonicus | |
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| Ward's Tilefish (B. wardi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Malacanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Latilinae
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| Genus: | Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coryphaenoides hottuynii | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Branchiostegus is a
slope.[4]
Characteristics
Branchiostegus tilefishes have a rectangular body shape with a square profile to the head. They have a raised seam situated to the anterior of the
caudal fin
is rounded,
truncate, or double emarginate and sometimes has elongated tips. They have pelagic larvae which have many spines on their heads and serrated ridges.[5]
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Branchiostegus albus Dooley, 1978
- Branchiostegus argentatus (G. Cuvier, 1830)
- Branchiostegus auratus (Kishinouye, 1907)
- Branchiostegus australiensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 (Australian tilefish)
- Branchiostegus biendong Hiramatsu, Vinh, Endo, 2019[6]
- Branchiostegus doliatus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Ribbed tilefish)
- Branchiostegus gloerfelti Dooley & Kailola, 1988
- Branchiostegus hedlandensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 (Port Hedland tilefish)
- Branchiostegus ilocanus Herre, 1928
- Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Horsehead tilefish)
- Branchiostegus paxtoni Dooley & Kailola, 1988 (Paxton's tilefish)
- Branchiostegus saitoi Dooley & Iwatsuki, 2012
- Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969 (Freckled tilefish)
- Branchiostegus semifasciatus (Norman, 1931) (Zebra tilefish)
- Branchiostegus serratus Dooley & Paxton, 1975 (Australian barred tilefish)
- Branchiostegus vittatus Herre, 1926
- Branchiostegus wardi Whitley, 1932 (Ward's tilefish)
Systematics
Branchiostegus was created by the French naturalist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque (1783-1840) in 1815, with Lacépède's Coryphaenoides hottuynii (now recognised as a
dolphinfishes, sailfishes and many other marine fishes and which were distinguished by the possession of branchiostegal membranes.[1] The genus is currently placed in the subfamily Latilinae.[8]
References
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (18 September 2020). "Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Branchiostegus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Branchiostegus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ J.K. Dooley. "Branchiostegidae" (PDF). FAO. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
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- ^ Wataru Hiramatsu; Tetsuo Yoshino (2012). "A New Tilefish, Branchiostegus okinawaensis (Perciformes:Branchiostegidae), from Okinawa Island, Southern Japan" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (Ser. A) Supplement. No. 6: 41–49.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the originalon 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-03-07.