Luzonichthys

<i>Luzonichthys</i>

Luzonichthys

Genus of fishes

Luzonichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in subfamily Anthiinae of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses.[1]

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Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

  • Luzonichthys earlei J. E. Randall, 1981 (Earle's splitfin)
  • Luzonichthys kiomeamea Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Perez-Matus & Rocha, 2019 (Easter Island splitfin)[2]
  • Luzonichthys microlepis (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Slender splitfin)
  • Luzonichthys seaver Copus, Ka'apu-Lyons & Pyle, 2015 (Seaver splitfin) [3]
  • Luzonichthys taeniatus J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992 (Striped splitfin)
  • Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931) (Waite's splitfin)
  • Luzonichthys whitleyi (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Whitley's splitfin)
  • Luzonichthys williamsi J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992
  • Luzonichthys waitei
  • Luzonichthys waitei

References

  1. [1]
    Randall, J. E.; McCosker, J. E. (1992). "Revision of the fish Genus Luzonichthys (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae), with Descriptions of Two New Species". Indo-Pacific Fishes. 21. Honolulu: Bishop Museum: 1–21 pp., 8 col.
  2. [2]
    Bart Shepherd, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Tyler Phelps, Alejandro Perez-Matus and Luiz A. Rocha. 2019. Luzonichthys kiomeamea (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), A New Species from A Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 33; 17-27. OceanScienceFoundation.org/josf33c.doc
  3. [3]
    Copus, J.; Ka'apu-Lyons, C.; Pyle, R. (2015). "Luzonichthys seaver, a new species of Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from Pohnpei, Micronesia". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3): e4902. doi:10.3897/bdj.3.e4902. PMC 4411493. PMID 25941454.


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