Caracanthus

Caracanthus madagascariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scorpaenoidei

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 Ordo: Scorpaeniformes Subordo: Scorpaenoidei

Familia: Scorpaenidae
Subfamilia: Caracanthinae
Genus: Caracanthus
Species: C. maculatus – C. madagascariensis – C. typicus – C. unipinna

Name

Caracanthus Krøyer, 1845

• Gender: Masculine
• Type species: Caracanthus typicus Krøyer, 1845
  • Type by monotypy (also named typicus)

Synonyms

• Amphiprionichthys Bleeker, 1855
• Centropus Kner, 1860
• Crossoderma Guichenot, 1869
• Micropus Gray, 1831
• Trachycephalus De Vis, 1884

References

• Krøyer, H.N. 1845: Ichthyologiske Bidrag. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Kjøbenhavn) (n. s.) 1: 213–282. BHL
• Imamura, H. 2004: Phylogenetic relationships and new classification of the superfamily Scorpaenoidea (Actinopterygii: Perciformes). Species diversity, 9: 1–36.
• Shinohara, G. & Imamura, H. 2005: Anatomical description and phylogenetic classification of the orbicular velvetfishes (Scorpaenoidea: Caracanthus). Ichthyological Research 52(1), 64-76. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-004-0256-0
• Koya, Y. & Muñoz, M. 2007: Comparative study on ovarian structures in scorpaenids: possible evolutional process of reproductive mode. Ichthyological Research 54(3), 221-230. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-006-0394-7 PDF

Links

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

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pelzgroppen
English: Coral crouchers, orbicular velvetfishes, velvetfishes
lietuvių: Mažosios velvetės
中文: 頰棘鮋科

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