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.
Species
There are 11 species in the genus:
- Acanthistius brasilianus <small>(Cuvier, 1828)</small> – Argentine sea bass
- Acanthistius cinctus <small>(Günther, 1859)</small> – yellowbanded perch
- Acanthistius fuscus <small>Regan, 1913</small> – Rapanui seabass
- Acanthistius joanae <small>Heemstra, 2010</small> – scalyjaw koester
- Acanthistius ocellatus <small>(Günther, 1859)</small> – eastern wirrah
- Acanthistius pardalotus <small>Hutchins, 1981</small> – leopard wirrah
- Acanthistius patachonicus <small>(Jenyns, 1840)</small>
- Acanthistius paxtoni <small>Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982</small> – orangelined wirra
- Acanthistius pictus <small>(Tschudi, 1846)</small> – brick seabass
- Acanthistius sebastoides <small>(Castelnau, 1861)</small> – koester
- Acanthistius serratus <small>(Cuvier, 1828)</small> – western wirrah
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