Biology:Microcanthus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Superfamily: | Percoidea |
| Family: | Kyphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Microcanthinae |
| Genus: | Microcanthus Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetodon strigatus Cuvier, 1831
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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:
- Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (northern stripey)
- Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931 (East Australian stripey)
References
- ↑ "Microcanthus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269855.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q2645222 entry
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