Acanthistius

Acanthistius is a genus of fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Serranidae, while some consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.^[2]

Species

There are 11 species in the genus:^[3]

• Acanthistius brasilianus (Cuvier, 1828) – Argentine sea bass
• Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859) – yellowbanded perch
• Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 – Rapanui seabass
• Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 – scalyjaw koester
• Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859) – eastern wirrah
• Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 – leopard wirrah
• Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840)
• Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 – orangelined wirra
• Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass
• Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) – koester
• Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah

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