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Malakichthys
Sign in to saveMalakichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Malakichthyidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyAcropomatidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Acropomatidae
- Collections
- USNM, NMV, UMMZ, WAM, QM, LACM
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Australia, Mozambique, Japan, Vanuatu, Philippines, Salomon(I.)
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- Malakichthys mochizuki.jpg
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Malakichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Malakichthyidae. They are native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malakichthys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.