Suttonia

<i>Suttonia</i>

Suttonia

Genus of fishes

Suttonia is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, related to the groupers and classified within the subfamily Epinephelinae of the family Serranidae.

In plants, Suttonia is a junior synonym of the colicwood genus, Myrsine.

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Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:

  • Suttonia coccinea Endo & Kenmotsu, 2013 (Scarlet freckle-faced podge)[2]
  • Suttonia lineata Gosline, 1960 (Freckleface podge)[3]
  • Suttonia suttoni J. L. B. Smith, 1953

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Suttonia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. [2]
    Endo, H.; Kenmotsu, K. (2013). "Suttonia coccinea, a New Grammistin Fish from Japan (Acanthopterygii: Serranidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science, Ser. A. 7: 11–18.
  3. [3]
    "Suttonia lineata". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Retrieved 11 March 2020.


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