Luzonichthys Explained

Luzonichthys is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in subfamily Anthiinae of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses.^[1]

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

• Luzonichthys earlei J. E. Randall, 1981 (Earle's splitfin)
• Luzonichthys kiomeamea Shepherd, Pinheiro, Phelps, Perez-Matus & Rocha, 2019 (Easter Island splitfin)^[2]
• Luzonichthys microlepis (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Slender splitfin)
• Luzonichthys seaver Copus, Ka'apu-Lyons & Pyle, 2015 (Seaver splitfin) ^[3]
• Luzonichthys taeniatus J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992 (Striped splitfin)
• Luzonichthys waitei (Fowler, 1931) (Waite's splitfin)
• Luzonichthys whitleyi (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Whitley's splitfin)
• Luzonichthys williamsi J. E. Randall & J. E. McCosker, 1992

Notes and References

1. Randall. J. E.. McCosker. J. E.. Revision of the fish Genus Luzonichthys (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae), with Descriptions of Two New Species. Indo-Pacific Fishes. 1992. 21. 1–21 pp., 8 col. Bishop Museum. Honolulu.
2. Bart Shepherd, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Tyler Phelps, Alejandro Perez-Matus and Luiz A. Rocha. 2019. Luzonichthys kiomeamea (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), A New Species from A Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 33; 17-27. OceanScienceFoundation.org/josf33c.html
3. Copus, J. . Ka'apu-Lyons, C. . Pyle, R. . 2015 . Luzonichthys seaver, a new species of Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from Pohnpei, Micronesia . Biodiversity Data Journal . 3 . 3 . e4902 . 10.3897/bdj.3.e4902. 25941454 . 4411493 . free .