Sacura

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: Anthiinae
Genus: Sacura
Species: S. boulengeri – S. margaritacea – S. parva – S. sanguinea – S. speciosa
Name

Sacura Jordan & Richardson, 1910
References

Template:Jordan & Richardson, 1910

Motomura, H., Yoshida, T. & Velasri, V. 2017. New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea. Zootaxa 4306(2): 291–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.2.10. Reference page.

Links

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

Vernacular names

Sacura is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

Sacura boulengeri (Heemstra, 1973) (Boulenger's sacura)
Sacura margaritacea (Hilgendorf, 1879) (Cherry anthias)
Sacura parva Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Little fairy basslet)
Sacura sanguinea Motomura, Yoshida & Vilasri, 2017 [3] (Andaman deep-water anthias)
Sacura speciosa Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Purple-head sacura)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sacura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Sacura in FishBase. June 2017 version.
Motomura, H., Yoshida, T. & Vilasri, V. (2017): New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea. Zootaxa, 4306 (2): 291–295.