Microichthys Rüppell, 1852
Very small fishes. Body compressed, head large, opercle with a spine. Mouth oblique, lower jaw prominent; teeth minute. Caudal fin bilobate. Lateral line complete. Scales ctenoid, chromatophores forming about 20 transverse black lines on sides.
Pelagic (meso-?). Feeding on small crustaceans. Eggs pelagic.
Species 2, both in Clofnam area.
Recent revisions: Cavallaro and Bonina (1972), Cavallaro et al. (1974), Cavallaro (1977).
Note. These fishes are very rarely caught. Their morphology and biology are still poorly known.
Species of this genus in the program:
Microichthys coccoi
Microichthys sanzoi