Zebrasomini
| Zebrasomini | |
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| File:Zebrasoma veliferum - Zoo Frankfurt.jpg | |
| Zebrasoma veliferum | |
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| Paracanthurus hepatus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Acanthuridae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthurinae |
| Tribe: | Zebrasomini Richard Winterbottom, 1993[1] |
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Zebrasomini is a tribe of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acanthuridae and it is one of three tribes in the subfamily Acanthurinae.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Zebrasomini was first proposed as a taxon in 1933 by American ichthyologist Richard Winterbottom, Winterbottom delineated it as consisting of the two genera Zebrasomus and Paracanthurus, alongside the monotypic tribe Prionurini and with the remaining two Acanthurine genera, Acanthurus and Ctenochaetus, being classified in the tribe Acanthurini.[1] These tribes make up the subfamily Acanthurinae which with the subfamily Nasinae make up the family Acanthuridae.[2]
Genera
[edit | edit source]There are two genera within the tribe Zebrasomini:[2][3]
- Paracanthurus Bleeker, 1863
- Zebrasoma Swainson, 1839
Characteristics
[edit | edit source]The Zebrasomini was defined by Winterbottom using similarities in the osteology of the skull between the two genera and in comparison to the other two Acanthurine tribes, they also have no scales on their larvae.[1] Winterbottom's treatment has been supported by subsequent phylogenetic studies.[4]
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