Biology:Apsilinae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Apsilinae
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Apsilus fuscus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Lutjanidae
Subfamily: Apsilinae
Johnson, 1980[1]

Apsilinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies classified within the family Lutjanidae, the snappers.

Genera

The subfamily Apsilinae contains four genera and 13 species:[2]

  • Apsilus Valenciennes, 1230
  • Lipocheilus Anderson, Talwar & Johnson, 1977
  • Paracaesio Bleeker, 1775
  • Parapristipomoides Kami, 1963

References

  1. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa 3882 (2): 001–230. https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480. 
  2. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 457-458. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/. Retrieved 2021-05-04. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2859052 entry