Biology:Microlepidotus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Microlepidotus
Microlepidotus brevipinnis
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Microlepidotus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Microlepidotus inornatus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Synonyms
  • Isaciella D. S. Jordan & Fesler, 1893

Microlepidotus is a genus of grunts native to the Pacific coast of North America.[1] The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1][2]

  • Microlepidotus brevipinnis (Steindachner, 1869) (humpback grunt)
  • Microlepidotus inornatus T. N. Gill, 1862 (wavyline grunt)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Microlepidotus in FishBase. October 2016 version.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds (1 March 2017). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=3053. Retrieved 24 March 2017. 

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