Perch
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Callanthias japonicus |
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The golden perches (Callanthiidae ( Gr .: kallos = beautiful, anthias = a fish)) are a family of perch relatives (Percomorphaceae). It occurs in the Indian Ocean , the Pacific , the Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean at depths of 15 to 500 meters.
features
Splendid perch similar in shape and colourfulness the anthias (Anthiadinae). The species of the genus Callanthias are 18 to 60 cm long, those of the genus Grammatonotus eight to 12.8 cm. The fish have a single dorsal fin , the caudal fin is indented. The lateral line organ runs along the base of the dorsal fin and ends at the end of the dorsal fin or on the tail fin stalk. The dorsal fin is supported by eleven hard rays and nine to eleven soft rays. Along the middle of the flanks are a series of scales with small pits.
Genera and species
There are 17 species in two genera:
- Genus Callanthias Lowe, 1839
- Callanthias allporti Günther , 1876 .
- Callanthias australis Ogilby, 1899 .
- Callanthias japonicus Franz, 1910 .
- Callanthias legras Smith, 1948 .
- Callanthias parini Anderson & Johnson, 1984 .
- Callanthias platei Steindachner, 1898 .
- Callanthias ruber ( Rafinesque , 1810) .
- Callanthias splendens Griffin, 1921 .
- Genus Grammatonotus
- Grammatonotus ambiortus Prokofiev, 2006 .
- Grammatonotus brianne Anderson et al., 2016 .
- Grammatonotus crosnieri (Fourmanoir, 1981) .
- Grammatonotus lanceolata (Kotthaus, 1976) .
- Grammatonotus laysanus Gilbert, 1905 .
- Grammatonotus macrophthalmus Katayama, Yamamoto & Yamakawa, 1982 .
- Grammatonotus pelipels Anderson & Johnson, 2017 .
- Grammatonotus surugaensis Katayama, Yamakawa & Suzuki, 1980 .
- Grammatonotus xanthostigma Anderson & Johnson, 2017 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World , John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7
Web links
- Giant perch on Fishbase.org (English)