Paranthias colonus
| Pacific creolefish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Serranidae |
| Subfamily: | Epinephelinae |
| Genus: | Paranthias |
| Species: | P. colonus
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| Binomial name | |
| Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846)
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Paranthias colonus (the Pacific creolefish) is a species of
planktonic animals that are picked individually from the water, made possible by their shortened snout which facilitates close-range binocular vision.[3]
Description
From:tail fin is strongly concave. Pacific creolefish grow to ~36 cm.
Pacific creolefish young are often bright yellow with five small dark spots on back. The adults are greenish brown dorsally and reddish below, with five white or blue-white spots on the back. The fins are reddish.
Distribution
Eastern Pacific:
Parasites
As all fish species, the Pacific creolefish harbours a number of parasites, including, off
isopods Hatschekia sp.[4] The diplectanid monogenean Pseudorhabdosynochus jeanloui was described in 2015 from this fish off Peru.[5]
References
- . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Paranthias colonus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Pacific Creolefish". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ^ Mendoza-Cruz, M, Valles-Vega, I, Lozano-Cobo, H, Gómez del Prado-Rosas, MC & Castro-Moreno, PN. 2013. Parasite fauna of Paranthias colonus (Valenciennes, 1846) from el Sargento, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Neotropical Helminthology, vol. 7, N°1, jan-jun, pp. 13-28 PDF
- PMID 25754099.
External links
- Encyclopedia of Life. "Details for: Pacific Creolefish". Encyclopedia of Life.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Paranthias colonus" in FishBase. July 2013 version.
- Photos of Paranthias colonus on Sealife Collection