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Dactylanthias

Genus of ray-finned fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Dactylanthias is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It includes only two species from Ambon Island, Indonesia and the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.

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Taxonomy

Dactylanthias was first established by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1871.[1]

Description

Dactylanthias was known only from a single specimen of Dactylanthias aplodactylus from Ambon Island, Indonesia,[2] until another species was described in 2007 from the Tuamotus of French Polynesia.[3][4]

Species

The following species are classified under Dactylanthias:[1]

  • Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858)
  • Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007

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