Odontanthias Explained

Odontanthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the subfamily Anthiinae and family Serranidae. Depending on the exact species, they reach up to 10cm-22cmcm (00inches-09inchescm) in standard length, and are brightly marked with pink and yellow. They are found at rocky reefs in deep water, mainly below 100m (300feet).^{[1] [2]} The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Indo-Pacific; O. cauoh of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago and O. hensleyi of the Caribbean are the only species known from outside the Indo-Pacific^{[1] [3]} and evidence indicates that the latter belongs in Anthias.^[4]

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

• Odontanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828) (Checked swallowtail)
• Odontanthias caudicinctus (Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986)
• Odontanthias cauoh Carvalho-Filho, Macena & Nunes, 2016 (Red jewelfish)
• Odontanthias chrysostictus (Günther, 1872)
• Odontanthias dorsomaculatus M. Katayama & Yamamoto, 1986
• Odontanthias elizabethae Fowler, 1923
• Odontanthias flagris Yoshino & Araga, 1975
• Odontanthias fuscipinnis (O. P. Jenkins, 1901) (Hawaiian jewelfish)
• Odontanthias grahami J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006 (Graham's swallowtail)^[5]
• Odontanthias hensleyi W. D. Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012
• Odontanthias katayamai (J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)
• Odontanthias randalli W. T. White, 2011 (Lombok swallowtail)
• Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther, 1872)
• Odontanthias tapui (J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)
• Odontanthias unimaculatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1917)
• Odontanthias wassi J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006

Notes and References

1. Anderson, W.D.Jr. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.
2. White, W.T. (2011): Odontanthias randalli n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3015: 21–28.
3. Carvalho-Filho, A., Macena, B.C.L. & Nunes, D.M. (2016): A new species of Anthiadinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) from São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil, Equatorial Atlantic. Zootaxa, 4139 (4): 585–592.
4. William D. Anderson, Jr., Carole C. Baldwin, Alfredo Carvalho-Filho and Teodoro Vaske Júnior (2017). Redescription of the Jeweled Gemfish, Anthias asperilinguis (Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with comments on its ontogeny, phylogeny, and ecology. Aqua 23(3): 73-95.
5. Web site: Odontanthias xanthomaculatus . fishesofaustralia.net.au . 4 December 2023 . 4 December 2023.