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Genus of ray-finned fishes

Genyatremus
Genyatremus cavifrons
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Plectorhinchinae
Genus: Genyatremus
Gill, 1862
Type species
Diagramma cavifrons
Cuvier, 1830
Species

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Synonyms

Paraconodon Bleeker, 1876

Genyatremus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, sweetlips belonging to the subfamily Plectorhynchinae, one of two subfamilies in the family Haemulidae, it consists of four species. The name of this genus is a compound of genys meaning “chin”, a meaning “without” and tremus meaning “pore”, a reference to the lack of a central pore on the chin in the fishes in this genus.

Species

The species included in the genus Genyatremus are:

Some authorities have argued that Genyatremus luteus is not a valid name and that this taxon is synonymous with Cuvier’s Diagramma cavifrons. Others argue that Cuvier's D. cavifrons is not a haemulid but is a member of another family altogether and that Bloch's L. luteus is valid and should be used as the type species of the genus Genyatremus. They also place this genus of three species, D. cavifrons being subsumed into D. luteus, within the subfamily Haemulinae.

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 17 April 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Genyatremus". FishBase. February 2021 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (5 January 2021). "Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. Nicolas Bailly (2015). "Genyatremus Gill, 1862". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.
Taxon identifiers
Genyatremus


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