Acanthistius Explained

Acanthistius is a genus of fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Serranidae, while some consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.^[1]

Species

There are 11 species in the genus:

• Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828)  - Argentine sea bass
• Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859)  - yellowbanded perch
• Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913  - Rapanui seabass
• Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010  - scalyjaw koester
• Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859)  - eastern wirrah
• Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981  - leopard wirrah
• Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)
• Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982  - orangelined wirra
• Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846)  - brick seabass
• Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861)  - koester
• Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828)  - western wirrah

Notes and References

1. Mansur, L. E. (2011). First record of partial albinism in the temperate rocky reefs fish Acanthistius patachonicus (Insertae sedis) off southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Pan-American Journal of Aquatic Sciences 6(2), 185-87.