Malakichthyidae

Temperate ocean-basses

16 species

1. 1Hemilutjanus macrophthalmos (Tschudi, 1846) · Grape-eye seabassocean · tropical
2. 2Malakichthys barbatus Yamanoue & Yoseda, 2001ocean · temperate
3. 3Malakichthys elegans Matsubara & Yamaguti, 1943 · Splendid seabassocean · deep-water
4. 4Malakichthys griseus Döderlein, 1883ocean · tropical
5. 5Malakichthys levis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002 · Smooth seabassocean · tropical
6. 6Malakichthys mochizuki Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2002 · Mochizuki's seabassocean · deep-water
7. 7Malakichthys similis Yamanoue & Matsuura, 2004ocean · tropical
8. 8Malakichthys wakiyae Jordan & Hubbs, 1925ocean · temperate
9. 9Verilus anomalus (Ogilby, 1896) · Threespine cardinalfishbrackish · ocean · subtropical
10. 10Verilus atlanticus (Mochizuki & Sano, 1984)ocean · tropical
11. 11Verilus costai Schwarzhans, Mincarone & Villarins, 2020ocean · tropical
12. 12Verilus cynodon (Regan, 1921) · Silver splitfinocean · deep-water
13. 13Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki, 1979)ocean · tropical
14. 14Verilus pseudomicrolepis (Schultz, 1940)ocean · deep-water
15. 15Verilus sordidus Poey, 1860ocean · tropical
16. 16Verilus starnesi Yamanoue, 2016ocean · tropical

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.