Acanthistius
# 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
