Parmops
| Parmops | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Beryciformes |
| Family: | Anomalopidae |
| Genus: | Parmops Rosenblatt & G. D. Johnson, 1991 |
Parmops is a genus of flashlight fishes found in the deep waters of the central Pacific Ocean. P. coruscans is found in the eastern Pacific around Tahiti and P. echinatus is found in the western Pacific around Fiji.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Parmops coruscans Rosenblatt & G. D. Johnson, 1991
- Parmops echinatus G. D. Johnson, Seeto & Rosenblatt, 2001
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Parmops in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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