Malacanthus brevirostris

Malacanthus brevirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Malacanthidae
Genus: Malacanthus
Species:
M. brevirostris
Binomial name
Malacanthus brevirostris
Guichenot, 1848
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.

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Malacanthus brevirostris". FishBase. December 2019 version.