Verilus

Verilus
Verilus sordidus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Malakichthyidae
Genus:	Verilus Poey, 1860
Type species
Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860[1]

Verilus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Malakichthyidae found in the Atlantic.

Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:[2]

• Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984)
• Verilus anomalus (Ogilby, 1896) (three-spined cardinalfish)
• Verilus costai Schwarzhans, Mincarone & Villarins, 2020
• Verilus cynodon (Regan, 1921) (Silver splitfin)
• Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki, 1979)
• Verilus pseudomicrolepis (Schultz, 1940)
• Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860
• Verilus starnesi Yamanoue, 2016[3]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Verilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Verilus". FishBase. November 2024 version.
3. Yamanoue, Y. (2016). "Revision of the genus Verilus (Perciformes: Acropomatidae) with a description of a new species". Journal of Fish Biology. 89 (5): 2375–2398. doi:10.1111/jfb.13124. PMID 27607481. Abstract