Biology:Lopholatilus
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Lopholatilus is a small genus of large-sized tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized extant species in this genus:[1]
- Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Great northern tilefish)
- Lopholatilus villarii A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Tile fish)
There are also two extinct species:[2]
- †Lopholatilus ereborensis Carnevale & Godfrey, 2014 (Middle Miocene of Maryland & Virginia, US)
- †Lopholatilus rayus Purdy et al., 2001 (Early Pliocene of North Carolina, US)[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Lopholatilus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ↑ Carnevale, Giorgio; Godfrey, Stephen J. (9 September 2014). "Tilefish (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) remains from the Miocene Calvert Formation, Maryland and Virginia: taxonomical and paleoecological remarks". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 (5): 1018–1032. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845202.
- ↑ Purdy, Robert W.; Schneider, Vincent P.; Applegate, Shelton P.; McLellan, Jack H.; Meyer, Robert L.; Slaughter, Bob H. (2001). "The Neogene Sharks, Rays, and Bony Fishes from Lee Creek Mine, Aurora, North Carolina". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/351984.
Wikidata ☰ Q2534510 entry
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