Antigonia (fish genus)

Antigonia Capros

Antigonia is a genus of small to medium-sized marine fish, which usually occur worldwide in all hot and temperate oceans, at depths of 50 to 600 meters ( Benthopelagic ).

Features

Antigonia species, 5.5 to 30 centimeters long. Your body is diamond-shaped, very high backs, sides strongly flattened and covered with small comb scales, which are mostly occupied with large raised ridges. Their dorsal fin is supported by eight or nine spines and 26 to 38 soft rays, the anal fin soft rays of three spines and other ( 25-35 ). The caudal fin has ten branched fin rays, so that a total of twelve principal rays and seven or eight secondary beams arise. All Antigonia species are reddish in color and silvery. The nasal ( nasal bone ) articulates with the maxilla to the oriented extension of their palatine ( palate bone), whereby the olfactory function is improved. The mouth is wide vorstreckbar ( protraktil - diet of smaller, volatile animals such as shrimp, fish).

Outer systematics

Antigonia is placed in the family of Eberfische ( Caproidae ) within the perch family ( Percomorphaceae ). The genus is, however, not related to the only other species of the family, the Boarfish particularly close and the assignment is only temporary.

Antigonia fossils are known from the Eocene and Miocene. A reference is the Monte Bolca near the Italian city of Verona.

Species

• Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986
• Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959
• Antigonia eos Gilbert, 1905
• Antigonia indica Parin & Borodulina, 1986
• Antigonia malayana Weber, 1913
• Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915
• Antigonia rubescens ( Günther, 1860)
• Antigonia rubicunda Ogilby, 1910
• Antigonia saya Parin & Borodulina, 1986
• Antigonia xenolepis Parin & Borodulina, 1986