Family Malacanthidae - Tilefishes
  Order
:
Malacanthidae Malacanthidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 2 | Species : 16 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
:
Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
:
      Miocene
Ref..   Arambourg, C. 1927
  Remark
:
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Depth range 10-500 m (usually 50-200 m). One species (Malacanthus latovittatus) may be found in both marine and brackish water (Goldie River, New Guinea).(Ref. 8991). One relatively long dorsal fin; total dorsal fin rays 22-64. Relatively long anal fin; 1 or 2 weak spines; soft rays 14-56. Top of head with or without cutaneous ridge. Operculum with one blunt or sharp spine. Branchiostegal rays 6. Truncate, double emarginate, emarginate to forked caudal fin. Vertebrae 24, 25, or 27 (precaudal 10 or 11). Larvae with elaborate spines (elongated and serrate) on the head and scale (Ref. 8991). All species live in a burrow, some in a large rubble mound of their own construction, in pairs or colonies. They feed on benthic invertebrates or zoopankton. Assumed to be nonguarders (RF). Most aquarium specimens are collected with poison and soon die. According to Dooley 1978 (Ref. 8991), the tilefishes are comprised of two morphologically different and evolutionary distinct groups and are distinct enough to be separate families [Branchiostegidae: with genera Branchiostegus, Lopholatilus, Caulolatilus and Malacanthidae: with genera Hoplolatilus and Malacanthus].
  Etymology
:
Greek, mala = a lot of + Greek, akantha = thorn ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
nonguarders
  Typical activity level
:
normal
  Main Ref.
:
  Coordinator
:
  Deep Fin Classification
:
Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Eupercaria | | | incertae | | | Malacanthidae

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Ref.
[ e.g. 9948]
Glossary
[ e.g. cephalopods]


Species/Synonymy list for the family Malacanthidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Malacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Malacanthus trachinus Valenciennes, 1841
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Malacanthus latovittatus (Lacepède, 1801)
acceptedseniornew
Labrus latovittatus Lacepède, 1801
synonymseniororiginal
Oceanops latovittatus (Lacepède, 1801)
synonymseniornew
Taenianotus latovittatus (Lacepède, 1802)
ambiguousothernew
Malacanthus taeniatus Valenciennes, 1839
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacanthus hoedtii Bleeker, 1859
synonymjuniororiginal
! Malacanthus hoedti Bleeker, 1859
synonymjuniororiginal
Malacanthus parvipinnis Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Latilus fronticinctus Günther, 1887
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Hoplolatilus oreni (Clark & Ben-Tuvia, 1973)
acceptedseniornew
Asymmetrurus oreni Clark & Ben-Tuvia, 1973
synonymseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus cuniculus Randall & Dooley, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus starcki Randall & Dooley, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus chlupatyi Klausewitz, McCosker, Randall & Zetzsche, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus marcosi Burgess, 1978
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus geo Fricke & Kacher, 1982
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus luteus Allen & Kuiter, 1989
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri (non Smith, 1964)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Hoplolatilus pohle Earle & Pyle, 1997
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Hoplolatilus randalli Allen, Erdmann & Hamilton, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
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