Sacura
Appearance
Sacura | |
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Sacura margaritacea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Serranidae |
Subfamily: | Anthiinae |
Genus: | Sacura D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1910 |
Type species | |
Anthias margaritaceus Hilgendorf, 1879[1]
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Sacura is a genus of fish in the family Serranidae found in the Indian and Pacific Ocean.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:
- Sacura boulengeri (Heemstra, 1973) (Boulenger's sacura)
- Sacura margaritacea (Hilgendorf, 1879) (Cherry anthias)
- Sacura parva Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Little fairy basslet)
- Sacura sanguinea Motomura, Yoshida & Vilasri, 2017 [3] (Andaman deep-water anthias)
- Sacura speciosa Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1979 (Purple-head sacura)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Sacura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sacura". FishBase. June 2017 version.
- ^ Motomura, H., Yoshida, T. & Vilasri, V. (2017): New species of the anthiadin genus Sacura (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Andaman Sea. Zootaxa, 4306 (2): 291–295.