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Brazilian Tilefish
Lopholatilus villarii
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Malacanthidae
Lopholatilus villarii, the tilefish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a tilefish belonging to the family Malacanthidae. It is native to the western South Atlantic Ocean off the coasts of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. This species was first formally described in 1915 by the Brazilian naturalist Alpilio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939) with the type locality given as Praca do Mercado, Brazil.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 8
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