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Malacanthus
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Malacanthus

Malacanthus is a small genus of tilefishes, family Malacanthidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Blue Blanquillo

speciesMalacanthus latovittatus

Sand Tilefish

speciesMalacanthus plumieri

Flagtail Blanquillo

speciesMalacanthus brevirostris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89714.