Grammonus

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Grammonus
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Grammonus thielei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Bythitinae
Genus: Grammonus
T. N. Gill, 1896
Type species
Oligopus ater
Risso, 1810 [1]
Synonyms

Grammonus is a genus of viviparous brotula.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: [2]

Related Research Articles

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Viviparous brotula Family of fishes

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Fiordichthys is a genus of viviparous brotula native to the southwest Pacific Ocean.

<i>Lucifuga</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Ogilbia</i> Genus of fishes

Ogilbia is a genus of viviparous brotulas. The generic name honours the Australian naturalist James Douglas Ogilby (1853-1925), for his contribution to the knowledge of the fishes of Australia.

<i>Saccogaster</i> Genus of fishes

Saccogaster is a genus of viviparous brotulas. They are found in the western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

Bellottia is a genus of viviparous brotulas which is found in the subtropical waters of the North Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea and the Indo-Pacific.

Bythites is a genus of viviparous brotulas found in the Atlantic Ocean.

Cataetyx is a genus of viviparous brotulas.

Diplacanthopoma is a genus of viviparous brotulas.

Gunterichthys is a genus of viviparous brotula.

<i>Hephthocara</i> Genus of fishes

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Eurypleuron is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:

Onuxodon is an Indo-Pacific genus of pearlfishes from the family Carapidae. The generic name is derived from the Greek onyx meaning "claw" and odon meaning "tooth", referring to the sharp fang like teeth of Onuxodon parvibrachium. Species in this genus are distributed from South Africa to Hawaii. They live commensally with molluscs. The three currently recognized species are:

Pyramodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:

<i>Neobythites</i> Genus of fishes

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<i>Otophidium</i> Genus of fishes

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Bythitinae Subfamily of fishes

Bythitinae is a subfamily of viviparous brotulas, one of the two subfamilies in the family Bythitidae. This subfamily is characterised by having the dorsal, caudal and anal fins combined. They are mostly found in temperate to tropical seas, from reefs to the benthopelagic zone, but some species from the North Atlantic Ocean occur in into Arctic waters.

Onuxodon fowleri is a species of pearlfish first described by Smith, 1955. Onuxodon fowleri is part of the genus Onuxodon and the subfamily Carapinae. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Grammonus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Grammonus in FishBase . June 2012 version.