Parapriacanthus

Parapriacanthus
Parapriacanthus ransonneti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Pempheridae
Genus:	Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870 [1]
Type species
Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 [1]
Synonyms
Parapempherisvon Bonde, 1923 PempherichthysKlunzinger, 1871

Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. ^[2] Parapriacanthus are bioluminescent, with ventral light organs for counter-illumination. Parapriacanthus luciferase is a kleptoprotein, obtained from their diet on bioluminescent ostracods. ^[3]

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

• Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923) ^[4]
• Parapriacanthus darros J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 ^[4]
• Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935) (Deep bullseye)
• Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911) (Slender bullseye)
• Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) ^[4]
• Parapriacanthus kwazulu J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 ^[4]
• Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971 (Red-fin sweeper)
• Parapriacanthus punctulatus J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 ^[4]
• Parapriacanthus rahah J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 ^[4]
• Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Pygmy sweeper)
• Parapriacanthus sharm J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 ^[4]

Gallery

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  P. guentheri
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  P. ransonneti
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  P. elongatus

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parapriacanthus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parapriacanthus". FishBase . January 2016 version.
3. Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Yamamoto, Naoyuki; Shigenobu, Shuji; Mori, Hitoshi; Kuwata, Keiko; Oba, Yuichi (2020). "Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey". Science Advances. 6 (2) eaax4942. American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Bibcode:2020SciA....6.4942B. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax4942 . ISSN   2375-2548. PMC   6949039 . PMID   31934625.
4. Randall, J.E.; Bogorodsky, S.V. (2016). "Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 20: 1–24.