Banjos (fish)

Banjos is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, the only genus in the monotypic family Banjosidae, which is part of the order Acropomatiformes.^[4] They are native to the western Indian and the Atlantic coasts of Africa,^[5] and is made up of the three species of banjofishes.^[5]

Banjos
Banjos banjos
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Clade:	Eupercaria
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Banjosidae D.S. Jordan and W.F. Thompson, 1912[1]
Genus:	Banjos Bleeker, 1876[2]
Type species
Anoplus banjos Richardson, 1846
Species
see text
Synonyms[3]
Anoplus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843

Species

Banjos have three currently recognised species:^[5][3]

• Banjos aculeatus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017 (Eastern Australian banjofish)
• Banjos banjos (John Richardson, 1846) (Banjofish)
• Banjos peregrinus Matsunuma & Motomura, 2017 (Timor Sea banjofish)