Microcanthus

Microcanthus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Centrarchiformes
Suborder:	Terapontoidei
Family:	Kyphosidae
Subfamily:	Microcanthinae
Genus:	Microcanthus Swainson, 1839
Type species
Chaetodon strigatus Cuvier, 1831
Synonyms[1]
Helotosoma Kaup, 1863 Neochaetodon Castelnau, 1873 Therapaina Kaup, 1860

Microcanthus is a genus of stripeys with an antitropical distribution in the Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Stripeys were thought to constitute a single species, M. strigatus, but a paper published in 2020[2] recognizes two valid species:

• Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831) (northern stripey)
• Microcanthus joyceae Whitley, 1931 (East Australian stripey)

References

1. "Microcanthus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. Tea, Y.K.; A.C. Gill (22 June 2020). "Systematic reappraisal of the anti-equatorial fish genus Microcanthus Swainson (Teleostei: Microcanthidae), with redescription and resurrection of Microcanthus joyceae Whitley". Zootaxa. 4802 (1): 41–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.3. PMID 33056631. S2CID 222844159.