Malakichthys

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Malakichthys
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Malakichthys griseus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Malakichthys
Döderlein (de), 1883
Type species
Malakichthys griseus
Döderlein, 1883 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Satsuma Smith & Pope, 1906

Malakichthys is a genus of fish in the family Acropomatidae, the temperate ocean-basses or lanternfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Fish of this genus are characterized by their small villiform teeth, 3 anal fin spines, 10 dorsal fin spines, and anus located near the anal fin origin. [3]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: [4]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Malakichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malakichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  3. 1 2 Yamanoue, Y. and K. Yoseda. (2001). A new species of the genus Malakichthys (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from Japan. Ichthyological Research 48(3) 257-61.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Malakichthys in FishBase . December 2012 version.