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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Pempheriformes
Familia: Pempheridae
Genus: Parapriacanthus
Species: P. argenteus – P. darros – P. dispar – P. elongatus – P. guentheri – P. kwazulu – P. marei – P. punctulatus – P. rahah – P. ransonneti – P. sharm
Name
Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870
Type species: Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870
References
Randall, J.E. & Bogorodsky, S.V. 2016. Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 20: 1–24. PDF. Reference page.
Steindachner, F. 1870. Ichthyologische Notizen (X). (Schluss). Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 61 (1): 623–642, Pls. 1–5. BHL Reference page.
Links
Parapriacanthus and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Parapriacanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Parapriacanthus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2] Parapriacanthus are bioluminescent, with ventral light organs for counter-illumination. Parapriacanthus luciferase is a kleptoprotein, obtained from their diet on bioluminescent ostracods.[3]
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923) [4]
Parapriacanthus darros J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935) (Deep bullseye)
Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911) (Slender bullseye)
Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) [4]
Parapriacanthus kwazulu J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971 (Red-fin sweeper)
Parapriacanthus punctulatus J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
Parapriacanthus rahah J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Pygmy sweeper)
Parapriacanthus sharm J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parapriacanthus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parapriacanthus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Yamamoto, Naoyuki; Shigenobu, Shuji; Mori, Hitoshi; Kuwata, Keiko; Oba, Yuichi (2020). "Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey". Science Advances. 6 (2). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): eaax4942. Bibcode:2020SciA....6.4942B. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax4942. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 6949039. PMID 31934625.
Randall, J.E.; Bogorodsky, S.V. (2016). "Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 20: 1–24.
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