Malacanthus
Malacanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Malacanthidae |
Genus: | Malacanthus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Type species | |
Coryphaena plumieri Bloch, 1786 | |
Synonyms | |
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Malacanthus is a genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848 (Quakerfish)
- Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacépède, 1801) (Blue blanquillo)
- Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786) (Sand tilefish)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Malacanthus in FishBase. December 2013 version.