Dactylanthias is a small genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Anthiadidae. It includes only two species from Ambon Island, Indonesia and the Tuamotus, French Polynesia.

Taxonomy

Dactylanthias was first established by the Dutch ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker in 1871.

Description

Dactylanthias was known only from a single specimen of Dactylanthias aplodactylus from Ambon Island, Indonesia, until another species was described in 2007 from the Tuamotus of French Polynesia.

Species

The following species are classified under Dactylanthias:

  • Dactylanthias aplodactylus(Bleeker, 1858)
  • Dactylanthias bacchetiRandall, 2007