Microcanthidae

Microcanthidae
The mado, Atypichthys latus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Centrarchiformes
Suborder: Terapontoidei
Family: Microcanthidae
Bleeker, 1876[1]
Genera

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The Microcanthidae, commonly known as stripeys, footballers, mados, and moonlighters, are a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Centrarchiformes.[2][3]

Taxonomy

In past classifications, such as the 5th edition of Fishes of the World, Microacanthinae was treated as a subfamily of the sea chub family Kyphosidae.[4] but other authorities treat it as a family, the Microacanthidae.[5][6] It has also been placed in the order Pempheriformes in some classifications,[7] and in the Centrarchiformes in others.[3]

Classification

The following genera are classified in the family Microcanthidae:[6]

Characteristics

The Microcathidae is a family of moderately sized fishes, most of which grow no longer than 25 centimetres (9.8 in). They have an oval body. They have a small terminal mouth which does not extend as far as the front of the eye. They have small teeth which are set close together and have pointed tips, and are set out either in a broad band or a single row. There is one dorsal fin which has 11 or 12 spines and 16-18 soft rays while the anal fin has three spines and 16-19 soft rays. The pelvic fins start just behind the end of the base of the pectoral fin. Their caudal fins vary from emarginate through to forked. They have small ctenoid scales which reach onto the cheeks and upper part of gill covers, and form scaly sheaths at the bases of the dorsal and anal fins, with scales extending on to the soft-rayed parts of those fins. They have a continuous lateral line which is evenly curved. They are normally yellowish or whitish in colour, marked with dark brown or blackish almost horizontal or oblique stripes.[8]

Habitat, biology and range

The species of the Microcanthidae are found off shallow coastal areas and in rocky estuaries, mainly over hard substrates. They occur from the intertidal zone down to depths of 30 metres (98 ft); their diet comprises small invertebrates and algae. They prefer subtropical and warm temperate seas,[8] occurring in the southeast Indian Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand, and around southern Japan, Taiwan and the Hawaiian islands.[6]

Fisheries

Microcanthids are of little interest to fisheries although they are of interest to the aquarium trade.[8]

References

  1. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
  3. ^ a b Lavoué, Sébastien; Nakayama, Kouji; Jerry, Dean R.; Yamanoue, Yusuke; Yagishita, Naoki; Suzuki, Nobuaki; Nishida, Mutsumi; Miya, Masaki (2014). "Mitogenomic phylogeny of the Percichthyidae and Centrarchiformes (Percomorphaceae): Comparison with recent nuclear gene-based studies and simultaneous analysis". Gene. 549 (1): 46–57. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.033. PMID 25026502.
  4. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  5. ^ "Stripeys, MICROCANTHIDAE". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Microcanthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  7. ^ Ricardo Betancur-R; Edward O. Wiley; Gloria Arratia; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162): 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.
  8. ^ a b c Carpenter, K. (2001). "Girellidae, Scorpididae, Microcanthidae". In K. Carpenter; V. H. Niem (eds.). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific (PDF). FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Vol. 5. FAO, Rome. pp. 2791–3379.

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