Goniistius
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| Goniistius vittatus (above), Goniistius zonatus (below) | |
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| Genus: | Goniistius Gill, 1862
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| Cheilodactylus zonatus G. Cuvier, 1830
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Goniistius is a genus of morwongs found in the Pacific Ocean and southeastern Indian Ocean. They were formerly included in the genus Cheilodactylus in family Cheilodactylidae, but based on genetic and morphological analyses they have been moved Goniistius in family Latridae.[1][2][3]
Species
The following species belong in this genus:[2][3]
- Goniistius francisi (C. P. Burridge, 2004) (Blacktip morwong)
- Goniistius gibbosus J. Richardson, 1841 (Western crested morwong)
- Goniistius plessisi J. E. Randall, 1983 (Plessis' morwong)
- Goniistius quadricornis Günther, 1860
- Goniistius rubrolabiatus G. R. Allen & Heemstra, 1976
- Goniistius vestitus (Castelnau, 1879) (Crested morwong)
- Goniistius vittatus A. Garrett, 1864 (Hawaiian morwong)
- Goniistius zebra Döderlein, 1883 (Redlip morwong)
- Goniistius zonatus (G. Cuvier, 1830) (Spottedtail morwong)
References
- ^ Burridge and Smolenski (2004). Molecular phylogeny of the Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea) with notes on taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 118–127
- ^ a b Ludt, W.B., Burridge, C.P. & Chakrabarty, P. (2019). A taxonomic revision of Cheilodactylidae and Latridae (Centrarchiformes: Cirrhitoidei) using morphological and genomic characters. Zootaxa 585(1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4585.1.7
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Goniistius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
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