Evynnis

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Evynnis
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Threadfin porgy (Evynnis cardinalis)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Spariformes
Family: Sparidae
Genus: Evynnis
D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1912 [1]
Type species
Sparus cardinalis
Lacépède, 1802 [1]

Evynnis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The genus comprises 4 species, 3 in the Western Pacific Ocean and 1 in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.

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Taxonomy

Evynnis was first proposed as a genus in 1912 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson with Sparus cardinalis, its only species, designated as its type species. [1] Sparus cardinalis was first formally described in 1802 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède from China and Japan. [2] This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World . [3] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae, [4] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae. [3]

Taxonomy

Evynnis combines eu, meaning “well”, and hynnis, which means “vomer”, an allusion to the conical teeth on the head of the vomer. [5]

Species

Evynnis contains the following 4 valid species: [6]

Characteristics

Evynnis seabreams have molar-like teeth in the sides of the jaws. The area between the eyes is scaled, the third and fourth dorsal fin spines are well developed and elongated into filaments. They have 9 spines in the anal fin. [7] However, it has been noted by workers that a new review and description of the genus is required. [8] The largest species of Evynnis is E. ehrenbergii with a maximum published total length of 43 cm (17 in). [6]

Distribution

Evynnis seabreams are found in the Western Pacific Ocean in Eastern Asia, where 3 species are found, [6] and one species, E. ehrenbergii, in the eastern Atlantic off the Coast of West Africa and the Mediterranean. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sparidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Evynnis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. 1 2 Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 502–506. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN   2015037522. OCLC   951899884. OL   25909650M.
  4. ↑ Parenti, P. (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Sparidae". FishTaxa. 4 (2): 47–98.
  5. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (12 January 2024). "Order ACANTHURIFORMES (part 6): Families GERREIDAE, LETHRINIDAE, NEMIPTERIDAE and SPARIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  6. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Evynnis in FishBase . April 2006 version.
  7. ↑ K.E. Carpenter (2001). "Sparidae". In Carpenter, K.E. and Niem, V.H. (eds.). FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific. Volume 5. Bony fishes part 3 (Menidae to Pomacentridae) (PDF). FAO Rome. p. 2990.
  8. ↑ Iwatsuki, Y.; M. Akazaki; and N. Taniguchi (2007). "Review of the species of the genus Dentex (Perciformes:Sparidae) in the Western Pacific defined as the D. hypselosomus complex with the description of a new species, Dentex abei and a redescription of Evynnis tumifrons" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Series A (Zoology) (Supplement 1): 29–49.
  9. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Evynnis ehrenbergii" in FishBase . October 2006 version.
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