Banjos (fish) explained

Banjos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, the only genus in the monotypic family Banjosidae, which is part of the order Acropomatiformes.^[1] They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa, and is made up of the three species of banjofishes.

Species

Banjos have three currently recognised species:^[2]

• Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017 (Eastern Australian banjofish)
• Banjos banjos (John Richardson, 1846) (Banjofish)
• Banjos peregrinus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017 (Timor Sea banjofish)

Notes and References

1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification - California Academy of Sciences . www.calacademy.org . 11 November 2024 . en.
2. Mizuki Matsunuma . Hiroyuki Motomura . amp . 2017 . Review of the genus Banjos (Perciformes: Banjosidae) with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies . Ichthyological Research . 64 . 3 . 265–294 . 10.1007/s10228-016-0569-9 . 5630490 . Abstract