Malakichthys

Malakichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Acropomatidae
Genus: Malakichthys
Döderlein (de), 1883

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.[1]

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Malakichthys in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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