Acanthistius

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 (Cuvier, 1828) – Argentine sea bass Acanthistius cinctus (Günther, 1859) – yellowbanded perch Acanthistius fuscus Regan, 1913 – Rapanui seabass Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010 – scalyjaw koester Acanthistius ocellatus (Günther, 1859) – eastern wirrah Acanthistius pardalotus Hutchins, 1981 – leopard wirrah Acanthistius patachonicus (Jenyns, 1840) Acanthistius paxtoni Hutchins & Kuiter, 1982 – orangelined wirra Acanthistius pictus (Tschudi, 1846) – brick seabass Acanthistius sebastoides (Castelnau, 1861) – koester Acanthistius serratus (Cuvier, 1828) – western wirrah