Callaus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Sciaena deliciosa.jpg

| taxon = Callaus

| authority = Jordan, 1889

| type_species = Corvina deliciosa

| type_species_authority = Tschudi, 1846{{Cof family|family=Sciaenidae|access-date=6 July 2023}}

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Callaus is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Sciaenidae, the drums and croakers. The genus is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of western South America.

Species

Callaus has 2 species classified within it, one of which is extinct:

  • {{extinct}}Callaus cubaguanus Aguilera, Schwarzhans & Béarez, 2016{{Cite journal|author1=Orangel A. Aguilera |author2=Werner Schwarzhans |author3=Philippe Béarez |year=2016 |title=Otoliths of the Sciaenidae from the Neogene of tropical America |journal=Palaeo Ichthyologica |volume=14 |pages=7–90 }}
  • Callaus deliciosa Tschudi, 1846 (Lorna drum){{Cof genus|genus=Callaus|access-date=6 July 2023}}

{{extinct}} means exctinct

References

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Category:Taxa named by David Starr Jordan

Category:Sciaenidae

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