quakerfish
Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Malacanthus brevirostris. Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
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Open encyclopedia reference
Malacanthus brevirostris, the quakerfish, flagtail blanquillo, false whiting or stripetail tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.
Wikipedia contributors, Malacanthus brevirostris; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:39:17.820551+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Malacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
- Name authority
- Guichenot, 1848
- Common name
- quakerfish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Malacanthidae
- Genus
- Malacanthus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyMalacanthidae Poey, 1861
- subfamilyMalacanthinae Poey, 1861
- genusMalacanthus Cuvier, 1829
- speciesMalacanthus brevirostris Guichenot, 1848
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Malacanthus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| sand tilefishMalacanthus plumieri (Bloch, 1786) | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Dikellorhynchus incredibilis Smith, 1956 Smith, 1956 | synonym |
| Malacanthus hoedti Bleeker, 1859 Bleeker, 1859 | synonym |
| Malacanthus parvipinnis Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875 | synonym |
| Malacanthus hoedtii Bleeker, 1859 Bleeker, 1859 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Guichenot, A. (1848). Sur une nouvelle espèce de malacanthe. Revue Zoologique Par La Société Cuvierienne (Paris), v. 11: 14–15. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3XK7R. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.