Ostracoberyx
| Ostracoberyx Temporal range: 55.5–0 Ma Eocene to Recent | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Percoidei |
| Family: | Ostracoberycidae Fowler, 1934 |
| Genus: | Ostracoberyx Fowler, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Ostracoberyx dorygenys Fowler, 1934 | |
Ostracoberyx is a genus of shellskin alfonsinos, the only recognized genus in the family Ostracoberycidae. This is a genus of deep-water fishes native to the Indian and western Pacific oceans.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Ostracoberyx dorygenys Fowler, 1934
- Ostracoberyx fowleri Matsubara, 1939
- Ostracoberyx paxtoni Quéro & Ozouf-Costaz, 1991 (Spinycheek seabass)
Timeline
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Ostracoberyx in FishBase. February 2014 version.
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