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Malacanthidae 
AphiaID: 151447

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Family
Parent Perciformes
Source  basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English tilefishes  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Latilinae
  » Genus Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
» Genus Caulolatilus Gill, 1862
» Genus Lopholatilus Goode & Bean, 1879
» Genus Brachiostegus accepted as Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
» Genus Dekaya accepted as Caulolatilus Gill, 1862
Subfamily Malacanthinae
  » Genus Hoplolatilus Günther, 1887
» Genus Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Asymmetrurus accepted as Hoplolatilus Günther, 1887
» Genus Dikellorhynchus accepted as Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Latilus accepted as Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
» Genus Oceanops accepted as Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
Environment marine, terrestrial
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Description: Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.
Depth range 10-500 m (usually 50-200 m). One species (Malacanthus latovittatus) may be found in both marine and brackish water (Goldie River, New Guinea).
One relatively long dorsal fin; total dorsal fin rays 22-64. Relatively long anal fin; 1 or 2 weak spines; soft rays 14-56. Top of head with or without cutaneous ridge. Operculum with one blunt or sharp spine. Branchiostegal rays 6. Truncate, double emarginate, emarginate to forked caudal fin. Vertebrae 24, 25, or 27 (precaudal 10 or 11). Larvae with elaborate spines (elongated and serrate) on the head and scale.
According to Dooley (1978), the tilefishes are comprised of two morphologically different and evolutionary distinct groups and are distinct enough to be separate families [Branchiostegidae: with genera Branchiostegus, Lopholatilus, Caulolatilus and Malacanthidae: with genera Hoplolatilus and Malacanthus]. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151447
Taxonomic
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2005-04-06 10:22:32Z  created  Claus, Simon
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Malacanthidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151447 on 2013-05-19
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