Evynnis
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| Evynnis | |
|---|---|
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| Threadfin porgy (Evynnis cardinalis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Sparidae |
| Genus: | Evynnis D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sparus cardinalis | |
Evynnis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sparidae, which includes the seabreams and porgies. The genus comprises 4 species, 3 in the Western Pacific Ocean and 1 in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.
Evynnis was first proposed as a genus in 1912 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and William Francis Thompson with Sparus cardinalis, its only species, designated as its type species.[1] Sparus cardinalis was first formally described in 1802 by Bernard Germain de Lacépède from China and Japan.[2] This genus is placed in the family Sparidae within the order Spariformes by the 5th edition of Fishes of the World.[3] Some authorities classify this genus in the subfamily Sparinae,[4] but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World does not recognise subfamilies within the Sparidae.[3]
Taxonomy
Species
Evynnis contains the following 4 valid species:[6]
- Evynnis cardinalis (Lacépède, 1802) (Threadfin porgy)
- Evynnis ehrenbergii (Valenciennes, 1830)
- Evynnis mononematos Guan, Tang & Wu, 2012
- Evynnis tumifrons (Temminck & Schlegel 1843) (Yellowback seabream)