Lopholatilus

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Lopholatilus
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Great Northern Tilefish (L. chamaeleonticeps)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Malacanthidae
Subfamily: Latilinae
Genus: Lopholatilus
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879
Type species
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 [1]

Lopholatilus is a small genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean. [2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [2]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lopholatilus in FishBase . December 2013 version.