Dactylanthias
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| 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 | |
| Species | |
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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 was first established by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1871.[1]
