Polyprion

Polyprion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfishes.

Polyprion
Polyprion americanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polyprionidae
Genus: Polyprion
Oken, 1817[1]
Type species
Amphiprion americanus
Synonyms[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:[3]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Polyprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Polyprion in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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