Verilus
| Verilus | |
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| Verilus sordidus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Malakichthyidae |
| Genus: | Poey, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860[1]
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Verilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Malakichthyidae found in the Atlantic.
Species
There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984)
- Verilus anomalus (Ogilby, 1896) (three-spined cardinalfish)
- Verilus costai Schwarzhans, Mincarone & Villarins, 2020
- Verilus cynodon (Regan, 1921) (Silver splitfin)
- Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki, 1979)
- Verilus pseudomicrolepis (Schultz, 1940)
- Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860
- Verilus starnesi Yamanoue, 2016[3]
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Verilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Verilus". FishBase. November 2024 version.
- ^ Yamanoue, Y. (2016). "Revision of the genus Verilus (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) with a description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 89 (5): 2375–2398. doi:10.1111/jfb.13124. PMID 27607481. Abstract