Branchiostegus
| Branchiostegus | |
|---|---|
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| Ward's Tilefish (B. wardi) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Malacanthidae |
| Genus: | Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Type species | |
| Coryphaenoides hottuynii Lacépède, 1801 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Branchiostegus is a genus of tilefishes found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Branchiostegus albus Dooley, 1978
- Branchiostegus argentatus (G. Cuvier, 1830)
- Branchiostegus auratus (Kishinouye, 1907)
- Branchiostegus australiensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 (Australian tilefish)
- Branchiostegus doliatus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Ribbed tilefish)
- Branchiostegus gloerfelti Dooley & Kailola, 1988
- Branchiostegus hedlandensis Dooley & Kailola, 1988 (Port Hedland tilefish)
- Branchiostegus ilocanus Herre, 1928
- Branchiostegus japonicus (Houttuyn, 1782) (Horsehead tilefish)
- Branchiostegus paxtoni Dooley & Kailola, 1988 (Paxton's tilefish)
- Branchiostegus saitoi Dooley & Iwatsuki, 2012
- Branchiostegus sawakinensis Amirthalingam, 1969 (Freckled tilefish)
- Branchiostegus semifasciatus (Norman, 1931) (Zebra tilefish)
- Branchiostegus serratus Dooley & Paxton, 1975 (Australian barred tilefish)
- Branchiostegus vittatus Herre, 1926
- Branchiostegus wardi Whitley, 1932 (Ward's tilefish)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Branchiostegus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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