| Branchiostegus | |
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| Branchiostegus japonicus | |
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| Ward's Tilefish (B. wardi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acanthuriformes |
| Family: | Malacanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Latilinae |
| Genus: | Branchiostegus Rafinesque, 1815[1] |
| Type species | |
| Coryphaenoides hottuynii | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Branchiostegus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, tilefishes, belonging to the family Malacanthidae. They are found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific Ocean.[3] Here they create burrows in soft substrates in the comparatively deep waters of the continental shelf and slope.[4]
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (18 September 2020). "Series EUPERCARIA (Incertae sedis): Families CALLANTHIIDAE, CENTROGENYIDAE, DINOLESTIDAE, DINOPERCIDAE, EMMELICHTHYIDAE, MALACANTHIDAE, MONODACTYLIDAE, MORONIDAE, PARASCORPIDIDAE, SCIAENIDAE and SILLAGINIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Malacanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
FishBasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Dianne J. Bray. "Branchiostegus". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 7 March 2021.