Erythrocles

Erythrocles is a genus of fish in the family Emmelichthyidae, the rovers.

Erythrocles
Japanese rubyfish (E. schlegelii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Emmelichthyidae
Genus:
Erythrocles

Type species
Emmelichthys schlegelii
J. Richardson, 1846

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Erythrocles acarina Kotthaus, 1974
  • Erythrocles microceps Miyahara & Okamura, 1998
  • Erythrocles monodi Poll & Cadenat, 1954 – Atlantic rubyfish
  • Erythrocles schlegelii (J. Richardson, 1846) – Japanese rubyfish
  • Erythrocles scintillans (D. S. Jordan & W. F. Thompson, 1912) – golden kali kali
  • Erythrocles taeniatus J. E. Randall & Rivaton, 1992

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Erythrocles in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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