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''Malacanthus'' is a small 
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of tilefishes, family Malacanthidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...
and the Indian
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and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * ''Malacanthus brevirostris
''Malacanthus brevirostris'', the quakerfish, flagtail blanquillo, false whiting or stripetail tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
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'' Guichenot, 1848 (Quakerfish)
* ''Malacanthus latovittatus
''Malacanthus'' is a small genus of tilefishes, family Malacanthidae. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
* ''Malacanthus brevirost ...
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* Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756–1825), French naturalist and politician.
* Lacepede Bay, a bay in South Australia.
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, 1801) (Blue blanquillo)
* ''Malacanthus plumieri
''Malacanthus plumieri'', the sand tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Description
''Malacanthus plumieri'' has a highly elongated, slightl ...
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*Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
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, 1786) (Sand tilefish)
References
Malacanthidae Perciformes genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Perciformes-stub