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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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Photo by CSIRO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 15 cm SL
Verilus anomalus (Ogilby, 1896)

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Verilus anomalus
[Threespine cardinalfish]

Photo by Yamanoue, Y.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 24.5 cm TL
Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984)

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Verilus atlanticus
[]
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Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
 
Verilus costai
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 21 cm SL
Verilus cynodon (Regan, 1921)

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Verilus cynodon
[Silver splitfin]

Photo by Justine, J.-L.

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki, 1979)

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Verilus pacificus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.5 cm SL
 
Verilus pseudomicrolepis
[]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860

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Verilus sordidus
[]
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Max. Length 11.8 cm SL
 
Verilus starnesi
[]


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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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