Acanthistius

Acanthistius is a genus of fish. Some authors place the genus in the family Serranidae, while some 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