Antigonia (fish genus)
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 Deepbody boarfish, Antigonia capros
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Antigonia is a genus of zeiform marine fish belonging to the family Caproidae, of which it composes eleven of the family's twelve species. Antigonia carry the common name boarfish.
Like other zeiform fishes, boarfish have deep and thin bodies. Boarfish are generally small, with only a few species known to reach a maximum total length of 30 centimeters (12 inches). The classification of the boarfishes in the Zeiformes order is uncertain, since they have many perciform characters, for instance in the caudal skeleton. Coloration is usually red or pink.
[edit] Species
- Antigonia aurorosea Parin & Borodulina, 1986.
- Deepbody boarfish, Antigonia capros Lowe, 1843.
- Shortspine boarfish, Antigonia combatia Berry & Rathjen, 1959.
- Antigonia eos Gilbert, 1905.
- Antigonia indica Parin & Borodulina, 1986.
- Antigonia malayana Weber, 1913.
- Rhomboidal boarfish, Antigonia rhomboidea McCulloch, 1915.
- Indo-Pacific boarfish, Antigonia rubescens (Günther, 1860).
- Antigonia rubicunda Ogilby, 1910.
- Antigonia saya Parin & Borodulina, 1986.
- Antigonia xenolepis Parin & Borodulina, 1986.
[edit] References
- "Antigonia". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. January 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
