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.[2] Species in this genus are distributed from South Africa to Hawaii. They live commensally with molluscs.[3] The three currently recognized species are:[4]
- Onuxodon fowleri (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Fowler's pearlfish)
- Onuxodon margaritiferae (Rendahl, 1921) (bivalve pearlfish)
- Onuxodon parvibrachium (Fowler, 1927) (oyster pearlfish)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Ophidiiformes |
| Family: | Carapidae |
| Subfamily: | Carapinae |
| Genus: | Onuxodon J. L. B. Smith, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Carapus parvibrachium Fowler, 1927[1]
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References
edit- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Onuxodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
- ^ Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. Vol. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Onuxodon". FishBase. June 2012 version.
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