WoRMS taxon details
Malacanthidae Poey, 1861
Subfamily Latilinae Gill, 1862
» Genus Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
» Genus Caulolatilus Gill, 1862
» Genus Lopholatilus Goode & Bean, 1879
» Genus Brachiostegus accepted as Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815 (misspelling)
» Genus Dekaya Cooper, 1863 accepted as Caulolatilus Gill, 1862
Subfamily Malacanthinae Poey, 1861» Genus Caulolatilus Gill, 1862
» Genus Lopholatilus Goode & Bean, 1879
» Genus Brachiostegus accepted as Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815 (misspelling)
» Genus Dekaya Cooper, 1863 accepted as Caulolatilus Gill, 1862
» Genus Hoplolatilus Günther, 1887
» Genus Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Asymmetrurus Clark & Ben-Tuvia, 1973 accepted as Hoplolatilus Günther, 1887
» Genus Dikellorhynchus Smith, 1956 accepted as Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Latilus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
» Genus Oceanops Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Asymmetrurus Clark & Ben-Tuvia, 1973 accepted as Hoplolatilus Günther, 1887
» Genus Dikellorhynchus Smith, 1956 accepted as Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
» Genus Latilus Cuvier, 1830 accepted as Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815
» Genus Oceanops Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Malacanthus Cuvier, 1829
marine, brackish, terrestrial
Not documented
Description Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific.
Depth range 10-500 m (usually 50-200 m). One species (Malacanthus...
Depth range 10-500 m (usually 50-200 m). One species (Malacanthus...
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]
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]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2023). FishBase. Malacanthidae Poey, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151447 on 2023-06-06
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taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
[request] basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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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]
