Pronotogrammus [SEP] parent taxon
Pronotogrammus
Pronotogrammus is a genus of colourful fishes in the subfamily Anthiadinae. They are found at reefs at depths of in the tropical and subtropical East Pacific and West Atlantic.
They are red, pink and yellow, and reach in length depending on the species involved.
Species.
Based on FishBase, the following species are included in "Pronotogrammus":
- Bigeye bass, "Pronotogrammus eos" – East Pacific
- Roughtongue bass, "Pronotogrammus martinicensis" – West Atlantic
- Threadfin bass, "
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of