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Class: Teleostei
Order: Acropomatiformes
Family: Malakichthyidae Temperate ocean-basses

Genus: Verilus

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8 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Verilus anomalus Threespine cardinalfish Indo-Pacific 15 SL 1896
Verilus atlanticus Western Atlantic 24.5 TL 1984
Verilus costai Southwest Atlantic 8.5 SL 2020
Verilus cynodon Silver splitfin Western Indian Ocean 21 SL 1921
Verilus pacificus Western Central Pacific 40 TL 1979
Verilus pseudomicrolepis Western Atlantic 14.5 SL 1940
Verilus sordidus Western Central Atlantic 30 TL 1860
Verilus starnesi Western Pacific 11.8 SL 2016



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