Rhonciscus

Rhonciscus
Rhonciscus crocro (centre)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Rhonciscus
Jordan & Evermann, 1896 [1]
Type species
Pristipoma crocro
Cuvier, 1830

Rhonciscus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to the family Haemulidae. The species within the genus are found in the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Ocean. It is not yet recognised by Fishbase but is by the Catalog of Fishes.

Species

The following species are classified within the genus Rhonciscus:[2]

Systematics

The type species of Rhonciscus is Pristipoma crocro which Fishbase still places 'within the genus Pomadasys.[3] Molecular studies now suggest that Pomadasys sensu lato is paraphyletic with the Rhonciscus clade being Sister to the Haemulinae branch comprising the genera Haemulopsis, Conodon and Xenichthys. [4] The genus Rhonciscus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 was revived to include the species listed above,[5] A third species, Pomadasys branickii, has also been suggested for inclusion in this genus.[4] The name Pristipoma is unavailable as its type species is Lutjanus hasta, a junior synonym of P. argenteus.[6]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhonciscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pomadasys". FishBase. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b Jose Tavera; Arturo Acero P.; Peter C. Wainwright (2018). "Multilocus phylogeny, divergence times, and a major role for the benthic-to- pelagic axis in the diversification of grunts (Haemulidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 121: 212–223. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2017.12.032.
  5. ^ Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.
  6. ^ Tavera, J.J.P; Arturo Acero P.; E.F. Balart & G. Bernardi (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of grunts (Teleostei, Haemulidae), with an emphasis on the ecology, evolution, and speciation history of New World species". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (57): 57. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-57. PMC 3472276.


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