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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei
Family: Anthiadidae Fairy basslets or Streamer basses

Genus: Odontanthias

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16 species (see list below)
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Photo by Tanaka, H.

Indo-Pacific, South Afric
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Odontanthias borbonius (Valenciennes, 1828)

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Odontanthias borbonius
[Checked swallowtail]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Odontanthias caudicinctus
[Blackblotch swallowtail]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.5 cm SL
 
Odontanthias cauoh
[Red jewelfish]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Odontanthias chrysostictus (Günther, 1872)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Odontanthias chrysostictus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
 
Odontanthias dorsomaculatus
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Odontanthias elizabethae Fowler, 1923

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Odontanthias elizabethae
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Odontanthias flagris Yoshino & Araga, 1975

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Odontanthias flagris
[]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 15.3 cm SL
Odontanthias fuscipinnis (Jenkins, 1901)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Odontanthias fuscipinnis
[Hawaiian deep anthias]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
Odontanthias grahami Randall & Heemstra, 2006

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Odontanthias grahami
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.5 cm SL
 
Odontanthias hensleyi
[]

Photo by Tea, Y.-K.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 16.3 cm SL
Odontanthias katayamai (Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)

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Odontanthias katayamai
[]

Photo by White, W.T.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 21.2 cm SL
Odontanthias randalli White, 2011

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Odontanthias randalli
[Lombok Swallowtail]

Photo by Ramachandran, S. / Fishery Survey of India, Kochi

Western Pacific
Max. Length 16 cm SL
Odontanthias rhodopeplus (Günther, 1872)

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Odontanthias rhodopeplus
[]

Photo by Wass, R.C.

Eastern Central Pacific
Max. Length 14.5 cm SL
Odontanthias tapui (Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)

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Odontanthias tapui
[]

Photo by Shao, K.T.

Western Pacific
Max. Length 20 cm SL
Odontanthias unimaculatus (Tanaka, 1917)

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Odontanthias unimaculatus
[]

Photo by Tea, Y.-K.

Central Pacific
Max. Length 12.3 cm SL
Odontanthias wassi Randall & Heemstra, 2006

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Odontanthias wassi
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Odontanthias borbonius Checked swallowtail Indo-Pacific, South Afric 15 SL 1828
Odontanthias caudicinctus Blackblotch swallowtail Southeast Atlantic and We 10 SL 1986
Odontanthias cauoh Red jewelfish Equatorial Atlantic 16.5 SL 2016
Odontanthias chrysostictus Western Pacific 20 SL 1872
Odontanthias dorsomaculatus Western Indian Ocean 13.4 SL 1986
Odontanthias elizabethae Eastern Central Pacific 10.9 SL 1923
Odontanthias flagris Northwest Pacific 20 SL 1975
Odontanthias fuscipinnis Hawaiian deep anthias Eastern Central Pacific 15.3 SL 1901
Odontanthias grahami Southwest Pacific 9.4 SL 2006
Odontanthias hensleyi Atlantic Ocean 15.5 SL 2012
Odontanthias katayamai Western Pacific 16.3 SL 1979
Odontanthias randalli Lombok Swallowtail Indo-Pacific 21.2 SL 2011
Odontanthias rhodopeplus Western Pacific 16 SL 1872
Odontanthias tapui Eastern Central Pacific 14.5 SL 1979
Odontanthias unimaculatus Western Pacific 20 SL 1917
Odontanthias wassi Central Pacific 12.3 SL 2006



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