Acanthistius
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Acanthistius is a genus of ray-finned fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Anthiadidae,[2] while others consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.[3]
| Acanthistius | |
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| Acanthistius ocellatus | |
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| Acanthistius cinctus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Acanthistius Bloch, 1793 |
| Type species | |
| Plectropoma serratum | |
| Species | |
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Species
There are 11 species in the genus:[2][4]
- Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828) – Argentine sea bass
- Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859) – yellowbanded perch
- Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 – Rapanui seabass
- Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 – scalyjaw koester
- Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859) – eastern wirrah
- Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 – leopard wirrah
- Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)
- Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 – orangelined wirra[4]
- Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass
- Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) – koester
- Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah
