Microcanthus
Appearance
Microcanthus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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
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Microcanthus is a genus of stripeys with an antitropical distribution in the Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Microcanthus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ 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. PMID 33056631. S2CID 222844159.