Anisochromis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria

Familia: Pseudochromidae
Subfamilia: Anisochrominae
Genus: Anisochromis
Species: A. kenyae – A. mascarenensis – A. straussi
Name

Anisochromis Smith, 1954
References

Anisochromis – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Anisochromis species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 08/2021.

Vernacular names

Anisochromis is a genus of ray-finned fish, it is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Anisochrominae, part of the dottyback family Pseudochromidae. They are distinguished from other subfamilies of the Pseudochromidae by having a single spine and four soft rays, three of which are branched and one is simple, in the pelvic fins and the pelvic fins are obviously placed to the front of the base of the pectoral fin. The pectoral fins have 13-15 rays and there is a single lateral line which runs along the base of the dorsal fin, the dorsal fin having one weak spine.[3]
Species

There are three species in the genus Anisochromis:[4]

Anisochromis kenyae J.L.B. Smith, 1954 (Annie)
Anisochromis mascarenensis Gill & Fricke, 2001
Anisochromis straussi Springer, C.L. Smith & Fraser, 1977

References

Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Anisochromis Smith, 1954". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Anisochromis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Anisochromis in FishBase. June 2018 version.