{{Short description|Genus of ray-finned fishes}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Madara.jpg | image_caption = ''Odontanthias borbonius'' | taxon = Odontanthias | authority = Bleeker, 1873 | type_species = ''Serranus borbonius'' | type_species_authority = Valenciennes, 1828<ref name = CofF>{{Cof record | genid = 3651 | title = Odontanthias | access-date = 30 May 2020}}</ref> }}
'''''Odontanthias''''' is a genus of marine ray-finned fish in the family Anthiadidae. Depending on the exact species, they reach up to {{convert|10|-|22|cm|abbr=on}} in standard length, and are brightly marked with pink and yellow. They are found at rocky reefs in deep water, mainly below {{convert|100|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase_genus | genus = Odontanthias | month = January | year = 2016 }}</ref><ref name=Anderson2012>Anderson, W.D.Jr. & García-Moliner, G. (2012): A new species of ''Odontanthias'' Bleeker (Perciformes: Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Mona Passage off Puerto Rico, the first record of the genus from the Atlantic Ocean. ''aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1): 25-30.''</ref><ref name=White2011>White, W.T. (2011): [https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt03015p028.pdf ''Odontanthias randalli'' n. sp., a new anthiine fish (Serranidae: Anthiinae) from Indonesia.] ''Zootaxa, 3015: 21–28.''</ref> The genus is almost entirely restricted to the Indo-Pacific; ''O. cauoh'' of the Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago and ''O. hensleyi'' of the Caribbean are the only species known from outside the Indo-Pacific<ref name=Anderson2012/><ref name=Carvalho2016>Carvalho-Filho, A., Macena, B.C.L. & Nunes, D.M. (2016): A new species of Anthiadinae (Teleostei: Serranidae) from São Pedro and São Paulo Archipelago, Brazil, Equatorial Atlantic. ''Zootaxa, 4139 (4): 585–592.''</ref> and evidence indicates that the latter belongs in ''Anthias''.<ref>William D. Anderson, Jr., Carole C. Baldwin, Alfredo Carvalho-Filho and Teodoro Vaske Júnior (2017). Redescription of the Jeweled Gemfish, Anthias asperilinguis (Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with comments on its ontogeny, phylogeny, and ecology. Aqua 23(3): 73-95.</ref>
==Species== There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:<ref name=FishBase/>
* ''Odontanthias borbonius'' <small>(Valenciennes, 1828)</small> (Checked swallowtail) * ''Odontanthias caudicinctus'' <small>(Heemstra & J. E. Randall, 1986)</small> * ''Odontanthias cauoh'' <small>Carvalho-Filho, Macena & Nunes, 2016</small> (Red jewelfish) * ''Odontanthias chrysostictus'' <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> * ''Odontanthias dorsomaculatus'' <small>M. Katayama & Yamamoto, 1986</small> * ''Odontanthias elizabethae'' <small>Fowler, 1923</small> * ''Odontanthias flagris'' <small>Yoshino & Araga, 1975</small> * ''Odontanthias fuscipinnis'' <small>(O. P. Jenkins, 1901)</small> (Hawaiian jewelfish) * ''Odontanthias grahami'' <small>J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006</small> (Graham's swallowtail)<ref name="OD FOA">{{cite web | title=Odontanthias xanthomaculatus | website=fishesofaustralia.net.au | date=4 December 2023 | url=https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/1758 | access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> * ''Odontanthias hensleyi'' <small>W. D. Anderson & García-Moliner, 2012</small> * ''Odontanthias katayamai'' <small>(J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)</small> * ''Odontanthias randalli'' <small>W. T. White, 2011</small> (Lombok swallowtail) * ''Odontanthias rhodopeplus'' <small>(Günther, 1872)</small> * ''Odontanthias tapui'' <small>(J. E. Randall, Maugé & Plessis, 1979)</small> * ''Odontanthias unimaculatus'' <small>(S. Tanaka (I), 1917)</small> * ''Odontanthias wassi'' <small>J. E. Randall & Heemstra, 2006</small>
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Category:Anthiadidae Category:Perciformes genera Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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