- Microcanthinae
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Microcanthinae The Mado, Atypichthys latus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Perciformes Suborder: Percoidei Superfamily: Percoidea Family: Kyphosidae Subfamily: Microcanthinae
Johnson, 1984Genera Atypichthys
Microcanthus
Neatypus
Tilodon
See text for species.The Microcanthinae, commonly known as footballers, mados, stripeys and moonlighters, are a subfamily of the sea chubs, a family of marine fish in the order Perciformes. The Microcanthinae are distributed across a fairly small range in the south west Indian Ocean and the eastern Pacific, with most species concentrated around Australia and New Zealand. They inhabit a variety of continental shelf environments, from inshore rocky coastlines to deep offshore reefs. They commonly exhibit a striped body colouring, and individual species may look quite similar. The subfamily was defined by Johnson in 1984 and contains four genera. All of the species are generally too small to be useful as a food fish, but are often used in marine aquaria.
Classification
The following is an incomplete list of genera and species:
- Subfamily MICROCANTHINAE
- Genus Atypichthys
- Genus Microcanthus
- Stripey, Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)
- Genus Neatypus
- Western footballer, Neatypus obliquus Waite, 1905
- Genus Tilodon
- Moonlighter, Tilodon sexfasciatum (Richardson, 1842)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Kyphosidae" in FishBase. May 2008 version.
- "Microcanthinae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=645324. Retrieved May 2008.
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