Dactylanthias
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Dactylanthias is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It includes only two species from Ambon Island, Indonesia and the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
| Dactylanthias | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Dactylanthias Bleeker, 1871 |
| Type species | |
| Anthias aplodactylus Bleeker, 1858 | |
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Taxonomy
Dactylanthias was first established by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1871.[1]
Description
Dactylanthias was known only from a single specimen of Dactylanthias aplodactylus from Ambon Island, Indonesia,[2] until another species was described in 2007 from the Tuamotus of French Polynesia.[3][4]
Species
The following species are classified under Dactylanthias:[1]
- Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858)
- Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007
