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Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Guichenot, A. (1848). Sur une nouvelle espèce de malacanthe. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris).</em> v. 11: 14-15.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Malacanthidae
genus
Malacanthus
species
Malacanthus brevirostris

Name

Synonyms
Dikellorhynchus incredibilis Smith, 1956
Malacanthus hoedti Bleeker, 1859
Malacanthus parvipinnis Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875
Homonyms
Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
Common names
'ava'ava in Tahitian
'ava'ava in Tahitian
Banded Blanquillo in English
False Whiting in English
Flag-tail Blanquillo in English
Flagtail Blanquillo in English
Flagtail Tilefish in English
Gestreifter Torpedobarsch in German
Halestribet teglfisk in Danish
Matajuel nez-court in French
Matajuel nez-court, Poisson couvreur in French
Peixe-torpedo-de-cauda-marcada in Portuguese
Poisson couvreur à rostre court in French
Poisson-couvreur à rostre court in French
Poisson-couvreur à rostre court in French
Shortnose Tilefish, Quakerfish in English
Streepstert-teëlvis in Afrikaans
Stripetail Tilefish in English
Yaseamadai in Japanese
blanquillo bandera in Spanish
quakerfish in English
quakerfish in English
štíhlice krátkorypá in Czech
Короткорылый малакант in Russian
ヤセアマダイ in Japanese
ヤセアマダイ in Japanese
短吻弱棘魚 in Chinese
短吻弱棘鱼 in Chinese
短吻軟棘魚 in Chinese
軟棘魚 in Chinese
黃鴛鴦 in Chinese
Flagtail Blanquillo in English
ヤセアマダイ in Japanese
quakerfish in English
ヤセアマダイ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Guichenot, A. (1848). Sur une nouvelle espèce de malacanthe. <em>Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne (Paris).</em> v. 11: 14-15.
  3. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  4. Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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