Biology:Microcanthus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Microcanthus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Superfamily: Percoidea
Family: Kyphosidae
Subfamily: Microcanthinae
Genus: Microcanthus
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Chaetodon strigatus
Cuvier, 1831
Synonyms[1]
  • Helotosoma Kaup, 1863
  • Neochaetodon Castelnau, 1873
  • Therapaina Kaup, 1860

Microcanthus is a genus of stripeys with an antitropical distribution in the Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Stripeys were thought to constitute a single species, M. strigatus, but a paper published in 2020[2] recognizes two valid species:

References

  1. "Microcanthus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269855. 
  2. Tea, Y.K.; A.C. Gill (22 June 2020). "Systematic reappraisal of the anti-equatorial fish genus Microcanthus Swainson (Teleostei: Microcanthidae), with redescription and resurrection of Microcanthus joyceae Whitley". Zootaxa 4802 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.3. 

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