Genus of fishes
Microichthys 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 .[ 1]
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[ 2] [ 3]
References
^ Pollard, D. (2014). "Microichthys coccoi " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014 : e.T194859A49087606. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194859A49087606.en . Retrieved 1 April 2020 . ^ Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microichthys " . FishBase ^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Microichthys " . Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 December 2023 .^ Fricke, 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.
^ Fricke, Ronald; Couperus, Bram (2023-04-13). "Microichthys grandis, a new species of deepwater cardinalfish from off Ireland, northeastern Atlantic Ocean (Teleostei: Epigonidae)" . Ichthyological Research . doi :10.1007/s10228-023-00909-1 ISSN 1616-3915 . ^ "Researchers find a new fish species in the deep sea off Ireland" . Phys.org . April 2023. Retrieved 4 December 2023 .
