Odontanthias

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Odontanthias
Odontanthias borbonius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Serranidae
Subfamily: Anthiinae
Genus: Odontanthias
Bleeker, 1873
Type species
Serranus borbonius
Valenciennes, 1828[1]

Odontanthias is a

standard length, and are brightly marked with pink and yellow. They are found at rocky reefs in deep water, mainly below 100 m (330 ft).[2][3][4] The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Indo-Pacific; O. cauoh of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago and O. hensleyi of the Caribbean are the only species known from outside the Indo-Pacific[3][5] and evidence indicates that the latter belongs in Anthias.[6]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Odontanthias". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Odontanthias in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, W.D.Jr. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.
  4. ^ White, W.T. (2011): Odontanthias randalli n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3015: 21–28.
  5. ^ Carvalho-Filho, A., Macena, B.C.L. & Nunes, D.M. (2016): A new species of Anthiadinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) from São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil, Equatorial Atlantic. Zootaxa, 4139 (4): 585–592.
  6. ^ William D. Anderson, Jr., Carole C. Baldwin, Alfredo Carvalho-Filho and Teodoro Vaske Júnior (2017). Redescription of the Jeweled Gemfish, Anthias asperilinguis (Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with comments on its ontogeny, phylogeny, and ecology. Aqua 23(3): 73-95.
  7. ^ "Odontanthias xanthomaculatus". fishesofaustralia.net.au. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023.