Oxymetopon

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Oxymetopon
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Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Oxymetopon
Bleeker, 1861
Type species
Oxymetopon typus
Bleeker, 1861

Oxymetopon is a genus of fish formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae but now classified in the Gobiidae. [1] They are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes called ribbon-gobies. [2]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Oxymetopon in FishBase . January 2016 version.
  3. Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): Genus Oxymetopon (Microdesmidae: Ptereleotrinae) in the Coastal Areas of Province Khanh Hoa (Vietnam, South China Sea). Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (2): 175-180.