Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Centrarchiformes
Subordo: Terapontoidei
Familia: Kyphosidae
Subfamilia: Microcanthinae
Genera (4): Atypichthys - Microcanthus - Neatypus - Tilodon
Name
Microcanthinae Johnson, 1984
References
Johnson, G.D. 1978. Development of fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight. An atlas of egg, larval and juvenile stages. Vol. 4. Carangidae through Ephippidae. U.S. Fish Wildl. Serv. Biol. Serv. Prog. FWS/OBS-78/12. (PDF) Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: footballers
The Microcanthinae, commonly known as footballers, mados, stripeys, and moonlighters, are a subfamily of the sea chubs, a family of marine ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes.
Taxonomy
Microacanthinae is treated as a subfamily of the sea chub family Kyphosidae within the order Perciformes in the 5th edition of Fishes of the World,[2] but other authorities treat it as a family, the Microacanthidae.[3][4] It has also been placed in the order Pempheriformes in some classifications,[5] and in the Centrarchiformes in others.[6]
Classification
The following genera are classified in the subfamily Microcanthinae:[4][2]
Atypichthys Günther, 1862
Microcanthus Swainson, 1839
Neatypus Waite, 1905
Tilodon Thominot, 1881
Characteristics
The Microcathinae is a subfamily 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.[7]
Habitat, biology and range
The species of the Microcanthinae 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,[7] occurring in the southeast Indian Ocean, the southwestern Pacific Ocean off Australia and New Zealand, and around southern Japan, Taiwan and the Hawaiian islands.[4]
Fisheries
Microcanthines are of little interest to fisheries although they are of interest to the aquarium trade.[7]
References
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.
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.
"Stripeys, MICROCANTHIDAE". Fishes of Australia. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Micranthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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.
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.
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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