Acanthistius joanae
| Acanthistius joanae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Anthiadidae |
| Genus: | Acanthistius |
| Species: | A. joanae
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| Binomial name | |
| Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010
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Acanthistius joanae, also known as the scalyjaw koester, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. The species is found along the shores of the Indian Ocean in South Africa.[1][2]
Length
The fish gets up to 14.0 centimetres (5.5 in) in length.[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Joan Wright, the assistant of Phil Heemstra, who initially discovered the fish. Heemstra had promised Joan in a note he had written that he would name the fish after her, however this was not done until after she had retired around 25 years later.[3]
References
- ^ Heemstra, P.C., 2010. Taxonomic review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861. Zootaxa 2352:59-68.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Acanthistius joanae". FishBase. December 2020 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES (part 4): Suborder SERRANOIDEI: Families SERRANIDAE and ANTHIADIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 October 2025.