Microichthys Explained

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.^[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Microichthys atlanticus Fricke, Ordines, Williston, 2020^[2]
• Microichthys coccoi Rüppell, 1852
• Microichthys grandis Wageningen Marine Research, 2023 (great deepwater cardinalfish)^{[3] [4]}
• Microichthys sanzoi Spartà, 1950

Notes and References

1. Pollard, D. . 2014 . Microichthys coccoi . e.T194859A49087606 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194859A49087606.en . 1 April 2020.
2. 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.
3. 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 . en . 10.1007/s10228-023-00909-1 . 1616-3915. free .
4. Web site: Researchers find a new fish species in the deep sea off Ireland . April 2023 . Phys.org . 4 December 2023.