Aplodactylus

Aplodactylus is a genus of perciform fishes, the marblefishes, native to southern Australia, New Zealand, Peru, and Chile.[1] They are also known as sea carps.[2] This genus is the sole genus in the family Aplodactylidae. Marblefish are found in shallow reefs in Southern Australia, while not known by many anglers, the Marblefish can put up a good fight when catching landbased. The largest Marblefish even caught landbased was 43cm on January 16th 2018.

Marblefish or Aplodactylus
Aplodactylus punctatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Perciformes
Family:
Aplodactylidae

Bleeker, 1859
Genus:
Aplodactylus

Synonyms

Crinodus

Etymology

The genus name, meaning "simple finger" (Greek aploe + daktylos), refers to some rays of the pectoral fins having a simple form.[3] An emendation to Haplodactylus ("single finger", from Greek haploos) by Agassiz has been ruled as being unjustified.[1][4]

Species

The five currently recognized species in this genus are:[5]

References
  1. Barry C. Russell, Review of the southern temperate fish family Aplodactylidae J. Nat. Hist. v.34 p.2157 (2000).
  2. Graham Edgar, Australian Marine Life 2nd Ed. (2012)
  3. Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 8 (1831). "Nous donnons à ce genre le nom d'aplodactyle, pour rappeler la forme simple de quelques-uns des rayons de la pectorale, et à l'espèce celui D'Aplodactyle ponctué. (Aplodactylus punctatus, nob.)"
  4. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Aplodactylidae" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Aplodactylus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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