Caulolatilus

<i>Caulolatilus</i>

Caulolatilus

Genus of fishes

Caulolatilus is a genus of tilefishes native to the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the Americas.[2] This genus is regarded as the least specialised and the most basal of the tilefishes.[3]

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Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]

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.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Caulolatilus in FishBase. December 2013 version.
  3. [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. [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.


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