Microcanthus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Superfamily: | Percoidea |
Family: | Kyphosidae |
Subfamily: | Microcanthinae |
Genus: |
Microcanthus Swainson, 1839 |
Type species | |
Chaetodon strigatus Cuvier, 1831
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Microcanthus is a genus of stripeys with an antitropical distribution in the Pacific Ocean.
Stripeys were thought to constitute a single species, M. strigatus, but a paper published in 2020 [2] recognizes two valid species: