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Genera in the family or subfamily Malakichthyidae: [ 7 ] records

Apogonops Ogilby [J. D.] 1896:23 Masc. Apogonops anomalus Ogilby 1896. Type by monotypy. Placement uncertain -- (Fraser 1972:42 [ref. 5195]). •Valid as Apogonops Ogilby 1896 in Acropomatidae -- (Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681]). •Valid as Apogonops Ogilby 1896 in Percichthyidae -- (Tominaga 1986:595 [ref. 6315], Paxton et al. 1989:510 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:548 [ref. 22532], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Paxton et al. 2006:976 [ref. 28994], Gomon 2008:533 [ref. 30616]). •Synonym of Verilus Poey 1860 -- (Yamanoue 2016:2376 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Synonym of Verilus Poey 1860. Malakichthyidae.

Hemilutjanus Bleeker [P.] 1876:277 Masc. Plectropoma macrophthalmos Tschudi 1846. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Placement uncertain, not a lutjanid. •Treated by Johnson 1984:465 [ref. 9681] as incertae sedis in suborder Percoidei. •Valid as Hemilutjanus Bleeker 1876 in Hemilutjanidae -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:132 [ref. 37354]). •Valid as Hemilutjanus Bleeker 1876 in Malakichthyidae -- (Smith et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39586]). Current status: Valid as Hemilutjanus Bleeker 1876. Malakichthyidae.

Malakichthys Döderlein [L.] in Steindachner & Döderlein 1883:240 Masc. Malakichthys griseus Döderlein 1883. Type by monotypy. Spelled Malacichthys by Boulenger & Ogilvie-Grant in Zoological Record for 1883. •Valid as Malakichthys Döderlein 1883 -- (Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681], Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Paxton et al. 1989:514 [ref. 12442], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Yamanoue & Yoseda 2001:257 [ref. 25543], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2001:1139 [ref. 25939], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:512 [ref. 28006], Paxton et al. 2006:977 [ref. 28994], Prokofiev 2007:423 [ref. 29273] in Malakichthyidae, Yamanoue 2016:1 [ref. 34736], Fricke et al. 2019:109 [ref. 36673], Ng et al. 2023:380 [ref. 40626]). Current status: Valid as Malakichthys Döderlein 1883. Malakichthyidae.

Neoscombrops Gilchrist [J. D. F.] 1922:67 Masc. Neoscombrops annectens Gilchrist 1922. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Neoscombrops Gilchrist 1922 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Mochizuki & Sano 1984 [ref. 5188], Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681], Heemstra 1986:562 [ref. 5660], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Heemstra 2003:1301 [ref. 27043], Yamanoue & Matsuura 2003:288 [ref. 27216], Prokofiev 2007:423 [ref. 29273] in Doderleiniidae, Yamanoue et al. 2009:400 [ref. 30547]). •Synonym of Verilus Poey 1860 -- (Yamanoue 2016:2376 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Synonym of Verilus Poey 1860. Malakichthyidae.

Pomodon Boulenger [G. A.] 1895:144 Masc. Plectropoma macrophthalmos Tschudi 1846. Type by being a replacement name. ▌Unneeded replacement for Hemilutjanus Bleeker 1876. •Objective synonym of Hemilutjanus Bleeker 1876 -- (Parenti & Randall 2020:132 [ref. 37354]). Current status: Synonym of Hemilutjanus Bleeker 1876. Malakichthyidae.

Satsuma Smith [H. M.] & Pope [T. E. B.] 1906:472 Masc. Satsuma macrops Smith & Pope 1906. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Satsuma Adams 1868 in Mollusca and by Satsuma Murray 1874 in Lepidoptera, not replaced. Treated as masculine (Art. 30.2.3) based on gender of type species. •In the synonymy of Malakichthys Döderlein 1883 -- (Yamanoue & Matsuura 2004:512 [ref. 28006]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Malakichthys Döderlein 1883. Malakichthyidae.

Verilus Poey [F.] 1860:124 Masc. Verilus sordidus Poey 1860. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Verilus Poey 1860 -- (Johnson 1980:66 [ref. 13553], Johnson 1984:464 [ref. 9681], Heemstra 2003:1301 [ref. 27043], Yamanoue et al. 2009:400 [ref. 30547], Yamanoue 2016:2376 [ref. 34736], Schwarzhans & Prokofiev 2017:58 [ref. 35293], Fricke et al. 2018:144 [ref. 35805], Schwarzhans et al. 2020:589 [ref. 37392]). Current status: Valid as Verilus Poey 1860. Malakichthyidae.