Nemadactylus

Nemadactylus
Porae (N. douglasii)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Latridae
Genus: Nemadactylus
J. Richardson, 1839
Type species
Nemadactylus concinnus
Richardson, 1839

Nemadactylus is a genus of morwongs.

Systematics

The genus was traditionally assigned to Cheilodactylidae, but a number of papers published in the late 1990s and early 2000s placed Nemadactylus as sister to Latris, prompting its re-assignment to Latridae.[1][2][3]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[4]

References

  1. P.H. Greenwood, 1995. A revised familial classification for certain cirrhitoid genera (Teleostei, Percoidei, Cirrhitoidea), with comments on the group’s monophyly and taxonomic ranking. Bull. Nat. Hist. Mus. Lond. 61: 1–10
  2. C.P. Burridge, 1999. Molecular phylogeny of Nemadactylus and Acantholatris (Perciformes: Cirrhitoidea), with implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 13: 93–109
  3. 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.
  4. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Nemadactylus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
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