
Review of the Splendid Perches, Callanthias (Percoidei: Callanthiidae) Transaction of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 105 #3 [William D. Anderson, Jr., G. David Johnson, Carole C. Baldwin] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The family Callanthiidae contains two genera, Callanthias (with seven species) and Callanthias australis is sexually dimorphic in colour, lacks yellow on chin and throat, and has a red pectoral-fin base. Etymology The species is named allport i for Martin Allport, a Tasmanian lawyer, who made extensive collections of fishes and sent specimens to Albert G