Mirolabrichthys

Mirolabrichthys
Mirolabrichthys evansi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Anthiadidae
Genus:	Mirolabrichthys Herre, 1927
Type species
Mirolabrichthys tuka Herre & Montalban, 1927

Mirolabrichthys is a genus of colorful reef fishes in the family Anthiadidae, which was previously treated as a subfamily of the family Serranidae, the groupers and sea basses. It is found in the Indo-Pacific. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These are the three currently recognized species in this genus: ^{[1] [2]}

• Mirolabrichthys evansi (J. L. B. Smith, 1954) (yellowback anthias)
• Mirolabrichthys pascalus (D. S. Jordan & S. Tanaka (I), 1927) (amethyst anthias)
• Mirolabrichthys tuka Herre & H. R. Montalban, 1927 (yellowstriped fairy basslet)

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  Mirolabrichthys tuka
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  Mirolabrichthys tuka at Wakatobi National Park

References

1. Gill, A. C. (2022). "Revised definitions of the anthiadine fish genera Mirolabrichthys Herre and Nemanthias Smith, with description of a new genus (Teleostei: Serranidae)". Zootaxa. 5092 (1): 41–66. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5092.1.2.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Anthiadidae". FishBase . Retrieved 4 August 2025.