Fish Identification: Find Species


Family: Microcanthidae Stripeys



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6 species (see list below)
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Photo by Randall, J.E.

Southwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm SL
Atypichthys latus McCulloch & Waite, 1916

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Atypichthys latus
[Eastern footballer]

Photo by Yau, B.

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 25 cm TL
Atypichthys strigatus (Günther, 1860)

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Atypichthys strigatus
[Australian mado]
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Max. Length 11.2 cm
 
Microcanthus joyceae
[Stripey]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/B. Alenda

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 16.2 cm FL
Microcanthus strigatus (Cuvier, 1831)

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Microcanthus strigatus
[Stripey]

Photo by Groeneveld, R.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Neatypus obliquus Waite, 1905

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Neatypus obliquus
[Western footballer]

Photo by Good, P.

Eastern Indian Ocean
Max. Length 40 cm TL
Tilodon sexfasciatus (Richardson, 1842)

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Tilodon sexfasciatus
[Moonlighter]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Atypichthys latus Eastern footballer Southwest Pacific 30 SL 1916
Atypichthys strigatus Australian mado Indo-West Pacific 25 TL 1860
Microcanthus joyceae Stripey Western Pacific 11.2 1931
Microcanthus strigatus Stripey Indo-Pacific 16.2 FL 1831
Neatypus obliquus Western footballer Eastern Indian Ocean 22 TL 1905
Tilodon sexfasciatus Moonlighter Eastern Indian Ocean 40 TL 1842



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