''Lopholatilus'' is a small

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tilefish 250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish comprising the family Malacanthidae. They are usually found in sandy areas, especially near coral reefs. Commercial fisheries exist for th ...

es native to the western

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Species

There are currently two recognized extant

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in this genus: * ''

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps The great northern tilefish (''Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps'') or golden tile, is the largest species in the family Malacanthidae (tilefishes). It grows to a length between . The great northern tilefish is a slow-growing and long-lived species ...

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& T. H. Bean, 1879 (Great northern tilefish) * ''

Lopholatilus villarii ''Lopholatilus villarii'', the tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae 250px, Blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'' Tilefishes are mostly small perciform marine fish compris ...

'' A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915 (Tile fish) There is also an extinct species: * †''

Lopholatilus ereborensis ''Lopholatilus ereborensis'' is an extinct species of tilefish found in formations at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Lusby, Maryland. The species lived in the Salisbury Embayment in the Western North Atlantic during the Miocene era, 16 million y ...

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, 2014

References

Malacanthidae {{Perciformes-stub