Anthias (genus)

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Anthias
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Anthias anthias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Anthiadidae
Genus: Anthias
Bloch, 1792
Type species
Labrus anthias
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Species

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Anthias is a genus of colourful ray-finned fishes in the family Anthiadidae. Most species are found at deep reefs in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, often well below depths reachable to a scuba diver. A single species, A. noeli, is found at deep reefs in the East Pacific. [2]

They are red, pink, orange, or yellow, and the largest species reach 29 cm (11 in) in length. [2] They typically occur in groups that feed on zooplankton.

Species

In the past, this genus included far more species, but these have now been moved to other genera, for example Callanthias , Odontanthias , and Pseudanthias . Based on FishBase, these species are currently included in Anthias: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Anthias". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Anthias". FishBase . December 2019 version.
  3. 1 2 Anderson, William D. Jr.; Heemstra, Phillip C. (1980). "Two New Species of Western Atlantic Anthias (Pisces: Serranidae), Redescription of A. asperilinguis and Review of Holanthias martinicensis". Copeia. 1980 (1): 72–87. doi:10.2307/1444135. JSTOR   1444135.


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