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Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caulolatilus is a genus of tilefishes native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.[2] This genus is regarded as the least specialised and the most basal of the tilefishes.[3]
Caulolatilus | |
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Blackline Tilefish (C. cyanops) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Malacanthidae |
Subfamily: | Latilinae |
Genus: | Caulolatilus T. N. Gill, 1862 |
Type species | |
Latilus chrysops Valenciennes, 1833[1] | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
Studies have shown that C. hubbsi is not readily distinguishable from C. princeps and should be treated as a junior synonym of the latter taxon.[4]
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