Mulloidichthys

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Mulloidichthys
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Mulloidichthys flavolineatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Mullidae
Genus: Mulloidichthys
Whitley, 1929
Type species
Mullus flavolineatus
Lacépède, 1801
Synonyms

MulloidesBleeker, 1849
PseudomulloidesMiranda-Ribeiro, 1915

Mulloidichthys is a genus of fish in the family Mullidae native to coral and rocky reefs of the tropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean. [1] [2]

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Mulloidichthys in FishBase . January 2016 version.
  2. Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2002). Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean Including the Red Sea . HarperCollins Publishers. pp.  400. ISBN   9780691089959.
  3. Uiblein, Franz (2011). "Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species". Smithiana Bulletin. 13: 51–73.
  4. Fernandez-Silva, Iria; Randall, John E.; Golani, Daniel; Bogorodsky, Sergey V. (2016). "Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea". ZooKeys (605): 131–157. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.605.8060 . PMID   27551217.