Malacanthus

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Malacanthus
Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present
Malacanthus plumieri.jpg
Malacanthus plumieri
Malacanthidae - Malacanthus brevirostris.jpg
Malacanthus brevirostris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Malacanthidae
Subfamily: Malacanthinae
Genus: Malacanthus
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Coryphaena plumieri
Bloch, 1786
Synonyms [1]
  • OceanopsD. S. Jordan & Seale, 1906
  • DikellorhynchusJ. L. B. Smith, 1956

Malacanthus is a small genus of tilefishes, family Malacanthidae. [1] They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [2]

Malacanthus brevirostris, head Malacanthus brevirostris JNC2737 - head, black background.JPG
Malacanthus brevirostris , head

Species

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

A single fossil species is also known: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Malacanthus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malacanthus". FishBase . December 2013 version.
  3. Carnevale, Giorgio (2016-01-01). "Blanquillos (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) from the Middle Miocene of St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria: Palaeoenvironmental implications". Annales de Paléontologie. 102 (1): 51–57. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2016.01.003. ISSN   0753-3969.