Dactylanthias
{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}}
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| taxon = Dactylanthias
| authority =Bleeker, 1871
| synonyms_ref=
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| subdivision_ranks =Species
| subdivision =See text
| type_species =Anthias aplodactylus
| type_species_authority= Bleeker, 1858
}}
Dactylanthias is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It includes only two species from Ambon Island, Indonesia and the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.
Taxonomy
Dactylanthias was first established by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1871.{{cite WoRMS|author=Nicolas Bailly|year=2013|id=268937 |title=Dactylanthias|db=fish|accessdate=September 26, 2013}}
Description
Dactylanthias was known only from a single specimen of Dactylanthias aplodactylus from Ambon Island, Indonesia,{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.org/summary/61253|title= Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858) |author=Cristina V. Garilao & Kathleen Kesner-Reyes|publisher=FishBase|accessdate=September 26, 2013}} until another species was described in 2007 from the Tuamotus of French Polynesia.{{cite web|url=http://www.fishbase.se/summary/63996|title= Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007|author=Estelita Emily Capuli & Nicolas Bailly|publisher=FishBase|accessdate=September 26, 2013}}{{cite journal|author=J.E. Randall|year=2007|title=Dactylanthias baccheti, a new species of anthiine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago|journal=Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology|volume=12|issue=2|pages=83–88}}
Species
The following species are classified under Dactylanthias:
- Dactylanthias aplodactylus (Bleeker, 1858)
- Dactylanthias baccheti Randall, 2007
References
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