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]
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| Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Oxymetopon Bleeker, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861
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Species
editThere 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxymetopon". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ 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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