Choranthias Explained

Choranthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the grouper and sea bass family Serranidae. It was created in 2012 and the name is a compound of the Greek chora meaning "room" or "space" and anthias meaning a "seafish", a reference to the broken lateral line of this genus compared to the other genera classified within the subfamily Anthiinae.^[1]

Species

There are two species classified within the genus Choranthias:

Choranthias salmopunctatus (Lubbock & A.J. Edwards, 1981) (Salmon-spotted jewelfish)
Choranthias tenuis (Nichols, 1902) (Threadnose bass)

Notes and References

William D. Anderson, Jr. . Phillip C. Heemstra . amp . 2012 . Review of Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Anthiine Fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes: Serranidae), with Descriptions of Two New Genera . Transactions of the American Philosophical Society . New Series . 102 . 2 . I-173 . 41507695 .