blackline tilefish
Caulolatilus cyanops Poey, 1866
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.
Blackline tilefish ( Caulolatilus cyanops ). Gulf of Mexico.
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Open encyclopedia reference
Caulolatilus cyanops, the blackline tilefish or ocean whitefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.
Wikipedia contributors, Caulolatilus cyanops; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:22:22.436650+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Caulolatilus cyanops Poey, 1866
- Name authority
- Poey, 1866
- Common name
- blackline tilefish
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Malacanthidae
- Genus
- Caulolatilus
- 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
- subfamilyLatilinae Gill, 1862
- genusCaulolatilus Gill, 1862
- speciesCaulolatilus cyanops Poey, 1866
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Caulolatilus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| blueline tilefishCaulolatilus microps Goode & Bean, 1878 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bermuda tilefishCaulolatilus bermudensis Dooley, 1981 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bahama tilefishCaulolatilus dooleyi Berry, 1978 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caulolatilus guppyi Beebe & Tee-Van, 1937 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Caulolatilus williamsi Dooley & Berry, 1977 | MalacanthidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Poey, F. (1866). Revista de los tipos Cuvierianos y Valenciennianos correspondientes á los Peces de la isla de Cuba. Repertorio Fisico-Natural de La Isla de Cuba, v. 1: 265–278, 308–338, 369–383, 409–420. 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:RXCP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.