Caracanthus unipinna

Caracanthus unipinna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Scorpaenidae
Subfamilia: Caracanthinae
Genus: Caracanthus
Species: Caracanthus unipinna

Name

Caracanthus unipinna (Gray, 1831)

Type locality: Pacific

Holotype: BMNH 1971.7.16.2 (missing in 2007)

Synonyms

• Amphiprionichthys apistus Bleeker, 1855
• Amphiprionichthys zeylonensis Day, 1870
• Caracanthus unipinnis (Gray, 1831)
• Caracanthus unipinnus (misspelling) (Gray, 1831)
• Caracanthus zeylonicus (Day, 1870)
• Centropus staurophorus Kner, 1860
• Micropus lonigpinnis Jatzow & Lenz, 1898
• Micropus unipinna Gray, 1831
• Micropus zeylonicus (Day, 1870)

References

• Gray, J.E. 1831: Description of a new genus of percoid fish, discovered by Samuel Stutchbury, in the Pacific sea, and now in the British Museum. Zoological Miscellany 1831: 20.
• Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno & T. Yoshino 1984: The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Tokyo (Tokai University Press).: Text: i-xxii + 1-437, Atlas: Pls. 1-370.
• Imamura, H. 2004: Phylogenetic relationships and new classification of the superfamily Scorpaenoidea (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Species diversity, 9: 1–36.
• Shinohara, G. & Imamura, H. 2005: Anatomical description and phylogenetic classification of the orbicular velvetfishes (Scorpaenoidea: Caracanthus). Ichthyological Research 52(1), 64-76. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0256-0

Links

• Caracanthus unipinna – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Caracanthus zeylonicus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Caracanthus unipinna in the World Register of Marine Species
• Caracanthus zeylonicus in the World Register of Marine Species
• Caracanthus unipinna in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Caracanthus unipinna in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Pygmy coral croucher, Ceylonese velvetfish

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