Microcanthus
Sign in to saveMicrocanthus is a genus of stripeys with an antitropical distribution in the Pacific Ocean.
Species
カゴカキダイ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyKyphosidae
Habitatmarine, brackish
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- Family
- Kyphosidae
- Collections
- ANSP, AM, USNM
- Recorded in
- Australia, Chinese Taipei
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- References
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 recognizes two valid species: Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (northern stripey) Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931 (East Australian stripey)
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