Acanthaphritis is a genus of bony fish which are part of the subfamily Hemerocoetinae of the duckbill family Percophidae. They have an Indo-Pacific distribution.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Trachiniformes |
| Family: | Percophidae |
| Subfamily: | Hemerocoetinae |
| Genus: | Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
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Species edit
There are four recognised species in Acanthaphritis:[2]
- Acanthaphritis barbata (Okamura & Kishida, 1963)
- Acanthaphritis grandisquamis Günther, 1880
- Acanthaphritis ozawai (McKay, 1971)
- Acanthaphritis unoorum Suzuki & Nakabo, 1996
References edit
- ^ Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Acanthaphritis Günther, 1880". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Acanthaphritis in FishBase. February 2018 version.