Oxymetopon

Oxymetopon
Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Microdesmidae
Subfamily: Ptereleotrinae
Genus: Oxymetopon
Bleeker, 1861
Type species
Oxymetopon typus
Bleeker, 1861

Oxymetopon is a genus of fish in the family Microdesmidae native to the western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Oxymetopon in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. 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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