Parapriacanthus is a genus of sweepers native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[2] Parapriacanthus are bioluminescent, with ventral light organs for counter-illumination. Parapriacanthus luciferase is a kleptoprotein, obtained from their diet on bioluminescent ostracods.[3]
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| Parapriacanthus ransonneti | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Pempheridae |
| Genus: | Parapriacanthus Steindachner, 1870[1] |
| Type species | |
| Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870[1]
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Parapempheris von Bonde, 1923 | |
Species
editThere are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
- Parapriacanthus argenteus (von Bonde, 1923) [4]
- Parapriacanthus darros J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus dispar (Herre, 1935) (Deep bullseye)
- Parapriacanthus elongatus (McCulloch, 1911) (Slender bullseye)
- Parapriacanthus guentheri (Klunzinger, 1871) [4]
- Parapriacanthus kwazulu J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus marei Fourmanoir, 1971 (Red-fin sweeper)
- Parapriacanthus punctulatus J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus rahah J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
- Parapriacanthus ransonneti Steindachner, 1870 (Pygmy sweeper)
- Parapriacanthus sharm J. E. Randall & Bogorodsky, 2016 [4]
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Parapriacanthus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Parapriacanthus". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Yamamoto, Naoyuki; Shigenobu, Shuji; Mori, Hitoshi; Kuwata, Keiko; Oba, Yuichi (2020). "Kleptoprotein bioluminescence: Parapriacanthus fish obtain luciferase from ostracod prey". Science Advances. 6 (2). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): eaax4942. Bibcode:2020SciA....6.4942B. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax4942. ISSN 2375-2548. PMC 6949039. PMID 31934625.
- ^ a b c d e f g Randall, J.E.; Bogorodsky, S.V. (2016). "Preliminary review of the pempherid fish genus Parapriacanthus of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of five new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 20: 1–24.
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