Genus Hannia
Summary:
An obligate freshwater teraponid genus distinguished from all others in the family by the presence of two spines on the first proximal dorsal pterygiophore, a lack of adult vertical striping, a distinct foramen for the exit of blood vessels from the third hemal arch anterior to the parahypural vertebrae, and by having relatively few (32–38) lateral-line scales (Shelley et al. 2021).
The genus is named Hannia in reference to the type locality of the genus, the Hann River of the Kimberley region, Western Australia.
The genus is named Hannia in reference to the type locality of the genus, the Hann River of the Kimberley region, Western Australia.
Author: Bray, D.J. 2021
Cite this page as:
Bray, D.J. 2021, Hannia in Fishes of Australia, accessed 20 Apr 2024, https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/Home/genus/634
References
Shelley, J.J., Delaval, A. Le Feuvre, M.C., Dempster, T., Raadik, T.A. & Swearer, S.E. 2020. Revision of the genus Hannia (Teleostei, Terapontidae), with description of a new species, Hannia wintoni, from the Kimberley, Western Australia. Zootaxa 4869(4): 562-586 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4869.4.5
Vari, R.P. 1978. The terapon perches (Percoidei, Terapontidae) a cladistic analysis and taxonomic revision. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 159(5): 175-340 figs 1-94 http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1273