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Wirrahs
Acanthistius
Acanthistius is a genus of ray-finned fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Anthiadidae, while others consider it to be incertae sedis, where it is not clear which family it belongs to.
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Eastern Wirrah
speciesAcanthistius ocellatus
Patagonian Seabass
speciesAcanthistius patachonicus
Yellowbanded Wirrah
speciesAcanthistius cinctus
Koester
speciesAcanthistius sebastoides
Leopard Wirrah
speciesAcanthistius pardalotus
Western Wirrah
speciesAcanthistius serratus
Scalyjaw Koester
speciesAcanthistius joanae
Brick Seabass
speciesAcanthistius pictus
Orangelined Wirrah
speciesAcanthistius paxtoni
Rapanui Seabass
speciesAcanthistius fuscus
Argentine Seabass
speciesAcanthistius brasilianus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 86169.