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Malacanthidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › › Perciformes › Malacanthidae

Malacanthus brevirostris is a reef-associated fish of the Indian and Pacific Oceans that eats small fishes and invertebrates.

Malacanthus plumieri is a western Atlantic ray-finned fish that builds rubble mounds near reefs and seagrass.

Malacanthus latovittatus, the blue blanquillo, is an Indo-Pacific reef fish with distinct color patterns and distinctive body features.

Caulolatilus princeps, the ocean whitefish, is an eastern Pacific predatory marine fish with a sturdy quadrangular body.

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