Blue blanquillo

Blue blanquillo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Malacanthidae
Genus: Malacanthus
Species:
M. latovittatus
Binomial name
Malacanthus latovittatus
(Lacépède, 1801)
Synonyms 
  • Labrus latovittatus Lacépède, 1801
  • Oceanops latovittatus (Lacépède, 1801)
  • Taenianotus latovittatus (Lacépède, 1802)
  • Malacanthus taeniatus Valenciennes, 1839
  • Malacanthus urichthys Fowler, 1904

The blue blanquillo (Malacanthus latovittatus), also known as the banded blanquillo, striped blanquillo, false whiting, sand tilefish or eye of the sea, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific.

Juvenile
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