Malacanthus brevirostris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Acanthuriformes |
Family: | Malacanthidae |
Genus: | Malacanthus |
Species: | M. brevirostris
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Binomial name | |
Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
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Synonyms[1] | |
Malacanthus brevirostris, the quakerfish, flagtail blanquillo, false whiting or stripetail tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.