Parasphyraenops

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: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Serraninae
Genus: Parasphyraenops
Species: P. atrimanus – P. incisus
Name

Parasphyraenops Bean, 1912
References

Parasphyraenops – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Parasphyraenops species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Parasphyraenops is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes from the subfamily Serraninae, which is one of three subfamilies in the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and groupers. These fishes are found in the central western Atlantic Ocean.
Species

There are two species classified in the genus Parasphyraenops:[2]

Parasphyraenops atrimanus Bean, 1912 – bank bass, black handed bass[2][3]
Parasphyraenops incisus (Colin, 1978) – fork-tailed bass, bantam bass[4][5]

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parasphyraenops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Parasphyraenops in FishBase. December 2019 version.
"Species: Parasphyraenops atrimanus, Black handed bass". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
"Species: Parasphyraenops incisus, Bantam bass". biogeodb.stri.si.edu. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Parasphyraenops incisus" in FishBase. December 2019 version.