Meganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish, is a pink and yellow ray-finned fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter. It is a member of the family Anthiadidae.
Wikipedia contributors, Meganthias carpenteri; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:09:18.484182+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Meganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006
- Name authority
- Anderson, 2006
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Anthiadidae
- Genus
- Meganthias
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderPercoidei
- familyAnthiadidae Poey, 1861
- genusMeganthias Randall & Heemstra, 2006
- speciesMeganthias carpenteri Anderson, 2006
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Meganthias. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Meganthias natalensis (Fowler, 1925) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Meganthias kingyo (Kon, Yoshino & Sakurai, 2000) | AnthiadidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Anderson, W. D. Jr. (2006). Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 119. https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x(2006)119[404:mcnsof]2.0.co;2 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3YWH9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.