Microlepidotus

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Microlepidotus
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Microlepidotus brevipinnis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Microlepidotus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Microlepidotus inornatus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Synonyms
  • IsaciellaD. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1893

Microlepidotus is a genus of grunts native to the Pacific coast of North America. [1] The currently recognized species in this genus are: [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microlepidotus". FishBase . October 2016 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (1 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 March 2017.