Lopholatilus
Lopholatilus | |
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Great Northern Tilefish (L. chamaeleonticeps) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Malacanthidae |
Genus: | Lopholatilus Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 |
Type species | |
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 |
Lopholatilus is a small genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Great northern tilefish)
- Lopholatilus villarii A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Tile fish)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Lopholatilus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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