Paradicichthyinae is a subfamily of marine ray-finned fishes, one of four subfamilies classified within the family Lutjanidae, the snappers.
| Paradicichthyinae | |
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| Symphorus nematophorus | |
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| Symphorichthys spilurus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Lutjanidae |
| Subfamily: | Paradicichthyinae Whitley, 1930[1] |
Taxonomy
editParadicichthyinae was created as a subfamily of the Lutjanidae in 1930 by the Australian ichthyologist Gilbert Percy Whitley with its type species being Paradicichthys venenatus which Whitley described at the same time.[2] Whtley's P. venenatus was later shown to be a synonym of Symphorus nematophorus which had been described by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1860. Whitley's name for the subfamily was retained as he was the first to identify and describe this taxon.[3]
Genera
editThe subfamily Paradicichthyinae contains 2 genera and 2 species:[4][5]
- genus Symphorichthys Munro, 1967
- genus Symphorus Günther, 1872
References
edit- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1.
- ^ Gilbert P. Whitley (1930). "Ichthyological miscellanea". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10 (1): 8–31.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lutjanidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Lutjanidae". FishBase. February 2021 version.