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Microichthys
Genus of fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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
References
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