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Genus of fishes
Mulloidichthys is a
genus of
fish in the
family
Mullidae native to coral and rocky
reefs of the
tropical
Atlantic,
Indian and
Pacific Ocean.
[1]
[2]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:
References
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^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016).
Species of Mulloidichthys in
FishBase. January 2016 version.
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^ Lieske, E. & Myers, R. (2002).
Coral Reef Fishes: Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean Including the Red Sea. HarperCollins Publishers. pp.
400.
ISBN
9780691089959.
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^ Uiblein, Franz (2011).
"Taxonomic review of Western Indian Ocean goatfishes of the genus Mulloidichthys (Family Mullidae), with description of a new species and remarks on colour and body form variation in Indo-West Pacific species". Smithiana Bulletin. 13: 51–73.
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^ Fernandez-Silva, Iria; Randall, John E.; Golani, Daniel; Bogorodsky, Sergey V. (2016).
"Mulloidichthys flavolineatus flavicaudus Fernandez-Silva & Randall (Perciformes, Mullidae), a new subspecies of goatfish from the Red Sea and Arabian Sea". ZooKeys (605): 131–157.
doi:
10.3897/zookeys.605.8060.
PMC
4978075.
PMID
27551217.