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''Microlepidotus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of grunts native to the
Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...
coast of
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. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Microlepidotus brevipinnis'' (
Steindachner Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1869)
(humpback grunt) * '' Microlepidotus inornatus'' T. N. Gill, 1862 (wavyline grunt)


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Haemulinae Marine fish genera Ray-finned fish genera Fish of the Pacific Ocean Taxa named by Theodore Gill {{Haemulidae-stub