Malakichthys

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Pempheriformes

Familia: Acropomatidae
Genus: Malakichthys
Species: M. barbatus – M. elegans – M. griseus – M. levis – M. mochizuki – M. wakiyae
Name

Malakichthys (Döderlein in Steindachner and Döderlein, 1883)
References
Malakichthys – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Malakichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 10/2023

Malakichthys is a genus of fish in the family Acropomatidae, the temperate ocean-basses or lanternfishes. 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.[3]
Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[4]

Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda, 2001[3]
Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti, 1943 – splendid seabass
Malakichthys griseus Döderlein (de), 1883 – silvergray seabass
Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002 – smooth seabass
Malakichthys mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002 – Mochizuki's seabass
Malakichthys similis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2004
Malakichthys wakiyae D. S. Jordan & C. L. Hubbs, 1925

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Malakichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malakichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
Yamanoue, Y. and K. Yoseda. (2001). A new species of the genus Malakichthys (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from Japan. Ichthyological Research 48(3) 257-61.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Malakichthys in FishBase. December 2012 version.