Kingdom Animalia Family Acropomatidae Rank Genus | Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Perciformes | |
Similar Perciformes, Verilus, Acropoma, Synagrops, Neoscombrops pacificus | ||
silvergray seaperch malakichthys griseus
Malakichthys is a genus of fish in the family Acropomatidae, the temperate ocean-basses or lanternfishes. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Contents
Fish of this genus are characterized by their small villiform teeth, 3 anal fin spines, 10 dorsal fin spines, and anus located near the anal fin origin.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
References
Malakichthys Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA