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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Percoidei
Superfamilia: Percoidea

Familia: Serranidae
Subfamilia: Anthiinae
Genus: Pronotogrammus
Species: P. martinicensis – P. multifasciatus
Name

Pronotogrammus Gill, 1863
Synonyms

Ocyanthias Jordan and Evermann, 1896

References

Carvalho-Filho, A.; Ferreira, C.E.L.; Craig, M. 2009: A shallow water population of Pronotogrammus martinicensis (Guichenot, 1868) (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from South-western Atlantic, Brazil. Zootaxa, 2228: 29–42. Abstract & excerpt

Links

Pronotogrammus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Pronotogrammus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Pronotogrammus is a genus of colourful marine ray-finned fishes in the subfamily Anthiinae, which is part of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. They are found at reefs at depths of 40–325 m (131–1,066 ft) in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific and West Atlantic.[2]

They are red, pink, and yellow, and reach 18–26 cm (7.1–10.2 in) in length depending on the species involved.[2]
Species

Based on FishBase, the following species are included in Pronotogrammus:[2]

Pronotogrammus eos Gilbert, 1890 (Bigeye bass)– East Pacific
Pronotogrammus martinicensis ((Guichenot, 1868) (Roughtongue bass) – West Atlantic
Pronotogrammus multifasciatus Gill, 1863 (Threadfin bass) – East Pacific

Fishbase notes that P. eos is classified in the genus Baldwinella by some authorities.[2]
References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pronotogrammus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Pronotogrammus in FishBase. December 2019 version.

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