Odontanthias is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae. Depending on the exact species, they reach up to in standard length, and are brightly marked with pink and yellow. They are found at rocky reefs in deep water, mainly below .Anderson, W.D.Jr. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of Odontanthias Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.White, W.T. (2011): Odontanthias randalli n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia. Zootaxa, 3015: 21–28. The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Indo-Pacific; O. cauoh of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago and O. hensleyi of the Caribbean are the only species known from outside the Indo-PacificCarvalho-Filho, A., Macena, B.C.L. & Nunes, D.M. (2016): A new species of Anthiadinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) from São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil, Equatorial Atlantic. Zootaxa, 4139 (4): 585–592. and evidence indicates that the latter belongs in Anthias.William D. Anderson, Jr., Carole C. Baldwin, Alfredo Carvalho-Filho and Teodoro Vaske Júnior (2017). Redescription of the Jeweled Gemfish, Anthias asperilinguis (Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with comments on its ontogeny, phylogeny, and ecology. Aqua 23(3): 73-95.
Species There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
Odontanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828) (Checked swallowtail) Odontanthias caudicinctus (Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986) Odontanthias cauoh Carvalho-Filho, Macena & Nunes, 2016 (Red jewelfish) Odontanthias chrysostictus (Günther, 1872) Odontanthias dorsomaculatus M. Katayama & Yamamoto, 1986 Odontanthias elizabethae Fowler, 1923 Odontanthias flagris Yoshino & Araga, 1975 Odontanthias fuscipinnis (O. P. Jenkins, 1901) (Hawaiian jewelfish) Odontanthias grahami J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006 (Graham's swallowtail) Odontanthias hensleyi W. D. Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012 Odontanthias katayamai (J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979) Odontanthias randalli W. T. White, 2011 (Lombok swallowtail) Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther, 1872) Odontanthias tapui (J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979) Odontanthias unimaculatus (S. Tanaka (I), 1917) Odontanthias wassi J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006
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