WoRMS taxon details
Microcanthus Swainson, 1839
269855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:269855)
accepted
Genus
Helotosoma Kaup, 1863 · unaccepted
Neochaetodon Castelnau, 1873 · unaccepted
Therapaina Kaup, 1860 · unaccepted
- Species Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931
- Species Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Microcanthus hawaiiensis Fowler, 1941 accepted as Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Species Microcanthus howensis Whitley, 1931 accepted as Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931 (junior synonym)
- Species Microcanthus vittatus (Castelnau, 1873) accepted as Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Microcanthus Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269855 on 2026-08-27
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Neochaetodon Castelnau, 1873) Castelnau, F. L. (1873). Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. Nos. III thru IX [with subtitles, indexed as one work]. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, Melbourne.</em> 2: 37-158. [Also as part of a separate, Melbourne, 1872.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48423160#page/47/mode/1up [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | カゴカキダイ属 | [details] |
