Lopholatilus
| Lopholatilus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Great Northern Tilefish (L. chamaeleonticeps) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Malacanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Latilinae |
| Genus: | Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 |
| Type species | |
| Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879[1] | |
Lopholatilus is a small genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Species
There are currently two recognized extant species in this genus:[2]
- Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879 (Great northern tilefish)
- Lopholatilus villarii A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Tile fish)
There is also an extinct species:[3]
- †Lopholatilus ereborensis Carnevale & Godfrey, 2014
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lopholatilus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
- ^ Carnevale, Giorgio; Godfrey, Stephen J. (9 September 2014). "Tilefish (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) remains from the Miocene Calvert Formation, Maryland and Virginia: taxonomical and paleoecological remarks". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1018–1032. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845202.