Malacanthidae


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Noun1.Malacanthidae - short-headed marine fishesMalacanthidae - short-headed marine fishes; often brightly colored
fish family - any of various families of fish
order Perciformes, order Percomorphi, Perciformes, Percomorphi - one of the largest natural groups of fishes of both marine and fresh water: true perches; basses; tuna
genus Lopholatilus, Lopholatilus - large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters
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(5) The Snapper-Grouper Management Complex is composed of ten species units: groupers, Epinephelidae; grunts, Haemulidae; jacks, Carangidae; porgies, Sparidae; sea basses, Serranidae\ snappers, Lutjanidae; spadefishes, Ephippidae; tilefishes, Malacanthidae; triggerfishes, Balistidae; and wrasses, Labridae.
A evolucao da pesca de linha-defundo e a dinamica de populacao do peixe-batata Lopholatilus villarii (Teleostei: Malacanthidae) na margem continental da costa brasileira entre os paralelos 220 e 280 S.
Perciformes (continued) families: Chaetodontidae, Toxotidae, Monodactylidae, Pempheridae, Kyphopsidae, Lutjanidae, Lobotidae, Sparidae, Nandidae, Sciaenidae, Malacanthidae, Cepolidae.
0.004 Pronotogrammus martinicensis, roughtongue bass 0.006 Anthiinae (unidentified) 44.606 1.442 Malacanthidae Caulolatilus microps, blueline tilefish 0.369 0.594 Caulolatilus sp.