Apsilinae

Subfamily of fishes

Apsilinae
Apsilus fuscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • Apsilus dentatus
    Apsilus dentatus
  • Paracaesio xanthura
    Paracaesio xanthura

References

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230.
  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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
Taxon identifiers
Apsilinae
  • Wikidata: Q2859052
  • Wikispecies: Apsilinae
  • EoL: 58966998
  • ITIS: 643063
  • NCBI: 546538
  • WoRMS: 267112