Antigonia (fish)

Antigonia
	Deepbody boarfish, (A. capros)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Caproiformes
Family:	Caproidae
Subfamily:	Antigoniinae
Genus:	Antigonia; R. T. Lowe, 1843
Type species
	Antigonia capros; Lowe, 1843
Synonyms
	Caprophonus Müller & Troschel, 1848 Hypsinotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1844

Antigonia is a genus of boarfishes, the largest genus in its family. These are deep-water species, generally found at depths below 50 m (160 ft). Various extinct species were once placed within Antigonia, but have since been removed to Eoantigonia and Proantigonia

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986
Antigonia capros R. T. Lowe, 1843 (deepbody boarfish)
Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959 (shortspine boarfish)
Antigonia emanuela Prokofiev, Psomadakis & Gon, 2020 (Emanuela's boarfish)
Antigonia eos C. H. Gilbert, 1905
Antigonia hulleyi Parin & Borodulina, 2005
Antigonia indica Parin & Borodulina, 1986
Antigonia kenyae Parin & Borodulina, 2005
Antigonia malayana M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Malayan deepsea boarfish)
Antigonia ovalis Parin & Borodulina, 2006
Antigonia quiproqua Parin & Borodulina, 2006
Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915 (rhomboidal boarfish)
Antigonia rubicunda J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (rosy deepsea boarfish)
Antigonia socotrae Parin & Borodulina, 2006
Antigonia undulata Parin & Borodulina, 2005
Antigonia xenolepis Parin & Borodulina, 1986

Taxonomy

The genus Antigonia was placed in subfamily Antigoniinae in Caproidae in Nelson's Fishes of the World,^[3] but is placed in family Antigoniidae in some recent treatments.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Antigoniidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Antigoniidae". Fishbase. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
^ Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 507. ISBN 9781118342336.

[ECoF-1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Antigoniidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Antigoniidae". Fishbase. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[3] Nelson, Joseph S.; Grande, Terry C.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 507. ISBN 9781118342336.

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