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''Malacanthus'' is a small 
genus
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of 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, family Malacanthidae
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 ...
. They are native to the western Atlantic Ocean
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and the Indian
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and Pacific
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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.
Descript ...
'' Guichenot, 1848 (Quakerfish)
* ''Malacanthus latovittatus
The blue blanquillo, ''Malacanthus latovittatus'', also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. I ...
'' ( Lacépède, 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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, 1786) (Sand tilefish)
References
Malacanthidae Perciformes genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Perciformes-stub