Malakichthyidae

Malakichthyidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes, sometimes known as the temperate ocean-basses, in the order Acropomatiformes.^[1] Its members were formerly included in the lanternbelly family Acropomatidae.

Malakichthyidae
Malakichthys griseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Malakichthyidae Jordan & Richardson, 1910[1]
Genera
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Genera

The following genera are included in the family:^[2]

• Hemilutjanus Bleeker, 1876
• Malakichthys Döderlein, 1883
• Verilus Poey, 1860