Oxymetopon
| Oxymetopon | |
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| Blue-barred Ribbongoby (O. cyanoctenosum) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Microdesmidae |
| Subfamily: | Ptereleotrinae |
| Genus: | Oxymetopon Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oxymetopon is a genus of dartfishes native to the western Pacific Ocean.[1]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Oxymetopon compressus W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (Robust ribbongoby)
- Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé (fr), 1981 (Blue-barred ribbongoby)
- Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967
- Oxymetopon formosum Fourmanoir, 1967
- Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 (Sailfin ribbongoby)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Oxymetopon in FishBase. December 2013 version.
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