Banjos (fish)
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Banjos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, the only genus in the monotypic family Banjosidae, which is part of the order Acropomatiformes.[4] They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa,[5] and is made up of the three species of banjofishes.[5]
| Banjos | |
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| Banjos banjos | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Eupercaria |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Banjosidae D.S. Jordan and W.F. Thompson, 1912[1] |
| Genus: | Banjos Bleeker, 1876[2] |
| Type species | |
| Anoplus banjos Richardson, 1846 | |
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Species
Banjos have three currently recognised species:[5][3]
- Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017 (Eastern Australian banjofish)
- Banjos banjos (John Richardson, 1846) (Banjofish)
- Banjos peregrinus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017 (Timor Sea banjofish)