Lopholatilus is a small genus of tilefishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Lopholatilus
Great Northern Tilefish (L. chamaeleonticeps)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Malacanthidae
Subfamily: Latilinae
Genus: Lopholatilus
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879
Type species
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps
Goode & T. H. Bean, 1879[1]

Species

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There are currently two recognized extant species in this genus:[2]

There is also an extinct species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lopholatilus". FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. ^ Carnevale, Giorgio; Godfrey, Stephen J. (9 September 2014). "Tilefish (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) remains from the Miocene Calvert Formation, Maryland and Virginia: taxonomical and paleoecological remarks". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1018–1032. doi:10.1080/02724634.2014.845202.