Rhencus is a genus of marine ray-finned fish, grunts belonging to the family Haemulidae. The species within the genus are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is not yet recognised by Fishbase but is by the Catalog of Fishes.
| Rhencus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Haemulidae |
| Subfamily: | Haemulinae |
| Genus: | Rhencus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Pristipoma panamense Steindachner, 1875
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Species
editThe following species are classified within the genus Rhencus:[2]
- Rhencus macracanthus (Gũnther, 1864) (longspine grunt)
- Rhencus panamensis Steindachner, 1875 (Panama grunt)
Systematics
editThe type species of Rhencus is Pristipoma panamensis which Fishbase still places 'within the genus Pomadasys.[3] Molecular studies now suggest that Pomadasys sensu lato is paraphyletic with the two Rhencus species being basal alongside Pomadasys argenteus, one reason Pomadasys was paraphyletic.[4] The genus Rhencus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 was revived to include the species listed above,[5] the name Pristipoma being unavailable as its type species is Lutjanus hasta, a junior synonym of P. argenteus.[4]
References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhencus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pomadasys". FishBase. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ a b Tavera, J.J.P; A.A., Balart; E.F. Balart & G. Bernardi (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of grunts (Teleostei, Haemulidae), with an emphasis on the ecology, evolution, and speciation history of New World species". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (57): 57. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-57. PMC 3472276. PMID 22537107.
- ^ Paolo Parenti (2019). "An annotated checklist of the fishes of the family Haemulidae (Teleostei: Perciformes)". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 6 (3): 150–196.
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