Caulolatilus

Caulolatilus
Blackline Tilefish (C. cyanops)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Latilidae
Genus: Caulolatilus
T. N. Gill, 1862
Type species
Latilus chrysops
Synonyms
  • Dekaya J. G. Cooper, 1863

Caulolatilus is a genus of tilefishes native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas. This genus is regarded as the least specialised of the tilefishes.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Caulolatilus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. ↑ James K. Dooley (1978). "Systematics and biology of the tilefishes (Perciformes: Branchiostegidae and Malacanthidae), with descriptions of two species" (PDF). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Technical Report NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) Circular. 411: 1–78.
  4. ↑ Robert N. Lea & Richard F. Feeney (2016). "Status of two species of tilefish Caulolatilus princeps (Jenyns) and C. hubbsi Dooley, originally described from the Galápagos Islands" (PDF). Galapagos Research. 68: 10–12.