Microichthys is a genus of very small deepwater cardinalfishes which were only known from the Strait of Messina in the Mediterranean Sea, although M. coccoi has recently been recorded in the Aegean Sea and around the Azores.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
Microichthys atlanticus Fricke, Ordines, Williston, 2020Fricke, R., Ordines, F. & Williston, A. Review of the deepwater cardinalfish genus Microichthys Rüppell 1852, with the description of a new species from the Azores Islands (Teleostei: Epigonidae). Ichthyol Res (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-020-00733-x. Retrieved April 1, 2020. Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852 Microichthys grandis Wageningen Marine Research, 2023 (great deepwater cardinalfish) Microichthys sanzoi Spartà, 1950
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