''Centroberyx'', often referred to as nannygais, is genus of

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found in the

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and western

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, with the greatest

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off

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. They are reddish in colour and somewhat resemble the related soldierfish. Depending on species, they have a maximum length of . They are found at depths of . Members of this genus are also known from fossils from the Cretaceous.Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 219)

Species

There are currently seven recognized

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species in this genus: * ''

Centroberyx affinis The eastern nannygai (''Centroberyx affinis''), also known as the redfish, bight redfish, red snapper, golden snapper or koarea, is an alfonsino of the genus ''Centroberyx''. It is found around Australia and New Zealand at depths between on t ...

'' ( Günther, 1859) (Redfish) * ''

Centroberyx australis The yelloweye nannygai or yelloweye redfish (''Centroberyx australis'') is a member of the family Berycidae Berycidae is a small family of deep-sea fishes, related to the squirrelfish Holocentrinae is a subfamily of Holocentridae containin ...

'' Shimizu & Hutchins, 1987 (Yelloweye nannygai) * ''

Centroberyx druzhinini ''Centroberyx druzhinini'' is a member of the family Berycidae found in the Western Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Oce ...

'' (Busakhin, 1981) * ''

Centroberyx gerrardi The bight redfish (''Centroberyx gerrardi'') is a member of the order Beryciformes. It is native to the waters off of Australia's southern coast from off Lancelin, Western Australia to Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the i ...

'' ( Günther, 1887) (Bight redfish) * ''

Centroberyx lineatus The swallow-tail or kingfish (''Centroberyx lineatus'') is a member of the family Berycidae. It is native to the Indian Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean off of Madagascar and from Australia to Japan. It can reach sizes of up to TL. It can be fo ...

'' (

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, 1829) (Swallow-tail) * ''

Centroberyx rubricaudus ''Centroberyx rubricaudus'' is a member of the family Berycidae. Originally thought to be endemic to Taiwan, there has been a reported catch of ''C. rubricaudus'' at the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-larg ...

'' Chen-Hsiang Liu & S. C. Shen, 1985 * ''

Centroberyx spinosus ''Centroberyx spinoffs'', the short alfonsino, is a species of ray-finned fish. It is found from the Storms River to off the coast of Durban, South Africa Durban ( ) ( zu, eThekwini, from meaning 'the port' also called zu, eZibubulungwini ...

'' ( Gilchrist, 1903) (Short alfonsino)

References

Extant Cretaceous first appearances Marine fish genera Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Beryciformes-stub