Microichthys

Microichthys is a genus of very small deepwater cardinalfishes which were only known from the Strait of Messina in the Mediterranean Sea, although M. coccoi has recently been recorded in the Aegean Sea and around the Azores.^[1]

Microichthys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Acropomatiformes
Family:	Epigonidae
Genus:	Microichthys Rüppell, 1852
Type species
Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2][3]

• Microichthys atlanticus Fricke, Ordines, Williston, 2020^[4]
• Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852
• Microichthys grandis Wageningen Marine Research, 2023 (great deepwater cardinalfish)^[5][6]
• Microichthys sanzoi Spartà, 1950