Oxymetopon

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]

Oxymetopon
Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Oxymetopon
Bleeker, 1861
Type species
Oxymetopon typus
Bleeker, 1861

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

  • Oxymetopon compressum W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (Robust ribbongoby)
  • Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev, 2016 [3]
  • Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé (fr), 1981 (Blue-barred ribbongoby)
  • Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967
  • Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 (Sail-fin ribbongoby)

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.
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