Acanthaphritis Explained

Acanthaphritis is a genus of bony fish which are part of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae of the duckbill family Percophidae. They have an Indo-Pacific distribution.

Species

There are four recognised species in Acanthaphritis:

• Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
• Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
• Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971)
• Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996