Emmelichthys
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| Emmelichthys | |
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| Cape bonnetmouth (E. nitidus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Emmelichthyidae |
| Genus: | Emmelichthys J. Richardson, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Emmelichthys nitidus J. Richardson, 1845 | |
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Emmelichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers and bonnetmouths. The species in this genus are found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Emmelichthys was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1845 by the Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer Sir John Richardson when he described Emmelichthys nitidus[1] from Western Australia.[2] The genus is classified in the small family Emmelichthyidae which is included in the order Acanthuriformes.[3]
Etymology
Emmelichthys prefices ichthys, meaning "fish" with emmeles, a word Richardson translated as "concinnus", that is something "skillfully put together", a reference to the "peculiarly neat aspect" of the E. nitidus.[4]
Species
There are seven species in the genus, including one newly described in 2024:[5][6]
- Emmelichthys cyanescens Guichenot, 1848
- Emmelichthys elongatus Kotlyar, 1982
- Emmelichthys karnellai Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1977 – Karnella's rover
- Emmelichthys nitidus J. Richardson, 1845 – Cape bonnetmouth
- Emmelichthys papillatus Girard, Santos, Bemis, 2024 – papillated redbait
- Emmelichthys ruber Trunov, 1976 – red rover
- Emmelichthys struhsakeri Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1977 – golden redbait
