Latridae

Latridae
Latridopsis forsteri
Systematics
Acanthomorphata Spinefish (Acanthopterygii) Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Order : Sunfish-like (Centrarchiformes) Subordination : Munchbacks (Cirrhitioidei) Family : Latridae
Scientific name
Latridae
Gill , 1862

The Latridae are a family of fish belonging to the group of mongoose-like (Cirrhitioidei). The species of the family live in temperate seas in the southern hemisphere, and a few in the northern Pacific. They are fished by sport fishermen and commercially and are considered good food fish.

features

The fish are 20 centimeters ( Morwong ephippium ) to 1.8 meters ( Chirodactylus grandis ) long. The body is more or less oval to elongated and laterally flattened or approximately round in cross section. A swim bladder is available. The ends of the fin spines of the dorsal fin and the edges of the fin membranes do not carry cirrus. The ventral rays of the pelvic fins are thick and unbranched. The Latridae can also be distinguished from other tufted perch by a certain larval stage that only occurs in them. In this late larval stage, called 'paperfish', the larvae have a tall body with a powerful belly keel. This is seen as an adaptation to a pelagic way of life.

• Fin Formula : Dorsal XV-XXV / 22-44; Anal III / 7-37; Pectoral 14.

Genera and species

Dactylophora nigricans

Goniistius zebra

Mendosoma lineatum

Nemadactylus monodactylus

• Chirodactylus Gill, 1862
  • Chirodactylus brachydactylus (Cuvier, 1830)
  • Chirodactylus grandis (Günther, 1860)
  • Chirodactylus jessicalenorum (Smith, 1980)
  • Chirodactylus spectabilis (Hutton 1872)
  • Chirodactylus variegatus (Valenciennes, 1833)
• Dactylophora
  • Dactylophora nigricans (Richardson, 1850)
• Goniistius Gill, 1862
  • Goniistius francisi (Burridge 2004)
  • Goniistius gibbosus (Richardson 1841)
  • Goniistius plessisi (Randall 1983) Easter Island
  • Goniistius quadricornis (Günther 1860)
  • Goniistius rubrolabiatus (Allen & Heemstra 1976)
  • Goniistius vestitus (Castelnau 1879)
  • Goniistius vittatus (Garrett 1864)
  • Goniistius zebra (Döderlein, 1883)
  • Goniistius zonatus Cuvier, 1830
• Genus Latridopsis Gill , 1862
  • Latridopsis ciliaris ( Forster , 1801)
  • Latridopsis forsteri ( Castelnau , 1872)
• Genus Latris Richardson , 1839
  • Latris lineata ( Forster , 1801)
  • Latris pacifica Roberts , 2003
• Genus Mendosoma Guichenot , 1848
  • Mendosoma caerulescens Guichenot , 1848
  • Mendosoma fernandezianum Guichenot , 1848
  • Mendosoma lineatum Guichenot , 1848
• Morwong Whitley, 1957
  • Morwong ephippium (McCulloch & Waite 1916)
  • Morwong fuscus (Castelnau, 1879)
• Nemadactylus
  • Nemadactylus bergi (Norman, 1937)
  • Nemadactylus douglasii (Hector, 1875)
  • Nemadactylus gayi (Kner, 1865)
  • Tarakihi ( Nemadactylus macropterus (Forster, 1801) )
  • Nemadactylus monodactylus (Carmichael, 1819)
  • Nemadactylus valenciennesi (Whitley, 1937)
  • Nemadactylus vemae (Penrith, 1967)
• Pseudogoniistius Ludt et al., 2019
  • Pseudogoniistius nigripes (Richardson 1850)

Until the end of 2018, the family consisted only of the two genera Latridopsis and Latris with 2 species each and Mendosoma lineatum , which was the only species of the genus Mendosoma until then . After an investigation of the phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and the Latridae, numerous other species were placed in the Latridae, which previously belonged to the Cheilodactylidae. Most of the new species were assigned to the revalidated genus Goniistius and previously belonged to Cheilodactylus . Evidence that the families Cheilodactylidae and Latridae are closely related and that the previous division did not lead to monophyletic families has existed since 2004.

supporting documents

1. ↑ Morwong ephippium on Fishbase.org (English)
2. ↑ Chirodactylus grandis on Fishbase.org (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ludt, WB, Burridge, CP & Chakrabarty, P. (2019): A taxonomic revision of Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Centrarchiformes: Cirrhitoidei) using morphological and genomic characters. Zootaxa, 4585 (1): 121-141. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4585.1.7
4. ↑ Kimura, K., Imamura, H. & Kawai, T. (2018): Comparative morphology and phylogenetic systematics of the families Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea), and proposal of a new classification. Zootaxa, 4536 (1): 1-72. DOI: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4536.1.1
5. ↑ Christopher P. Burridge & Adam J. Smolenski: Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30 (2004), pages 118-127, PDF