Parapriacanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pempheriformes

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 Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Pempheridae
Genus: Parapriacanthus
Species: P. argenteus – P. darros – P. dispar – P. elongatus – P. guentheri – P. kwazulu – P. marei – P. punctulatus – P. rahah – P. ransonneti – P. sharm

Name

Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870

• Type species: Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870

References

• 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. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 1–24. PDF. Reference page. 
• Steindachner, F. 1870. Ichthyologische Notizen (X). (Schluss). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 61 (1): 623–642, Pls. 1–5. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Parapriacanthus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Parapriacanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Parapriacanthus species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.