WoRMS taxon details
Malacoctenus Gill, 1860
- Species Malacoctenus africanus Cadenat, 1951
- Species Malacoctenus aurolineatus Smith, 1957
- Species Malacoctenus boehlkei Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus brunoi Guimarães, Nunan & Gasparini, 2010
- Species Malacoctenus carrowi Wirtz, 2014
- Species Malacoctenus costaricanus Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus delalandii (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Species Malacoctenus ebisui Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus erdmani Smith, 1957
- Species Malacoctenus gigas Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus gilli (Steindachner, 1867)
- Species Malacoctenus hubbsi Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus lianae Carvalho-Filho, Almeida, Britto, Dias & Lima, 2020
- Species Malacoctenus macropus (Poey, 1868)
- Species Malacoctenus margaritae (Fowler, 1944)
- Species Malacoctenus mexicanus Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus polyporosus Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus sudensis Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope, 1877)
- Species Malacoctenus triangulatus Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus versicolor (Poey, 1876)
- Species Malacoctenus zacae Springer, 1959
- Species Malacoctenus zaluari Carvalho-Filho, Gasparini & Sazima, 2020
- Species Malacoctenus zonifer (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
- Species Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
- Species Malacoctenus afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946) accepted as Malacoctenus tetranemus (Cope, 1877)
- Species Malacoctenus biguttatus (Cope, 1871) accepted as Malacoctenus gilli (Steindachner, 1867)
- Species Malacoctenus bohlkei Springer, 1959 accepted as Malacoctenus boehlkei Springer, 1959 (misspelling)
- Species Malacoctenus culebrae Evermann & Marsh, 1899 accepted as Starksia culebrae (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
- Species Malacoctenus delalandei (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Malacoctenus delalandii (Valenciennes, 1836)
- Species Malacoctenus delalandi (Valenciennes, 1836) accepted as Malacoctenus delalandii (Valenciennes, 1836) (misspelling)
- Species Malacoctenus oceanicus accepted as Malacoctenus brunoi Guimarães, Nunan & Gasparini, 2010 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Malacoctenus Gill, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269781 on 2025-03-25
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Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
