Mentodus
Sign in to saveMentodus is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world.
Species
ネッタイハナメイワシ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderOsmeriformes
- FamilyPlatytroctidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- Family
- Platytroctidae
- Collections
- SIO, NHMUK, OS
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Indonesia, Peru
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- Parent taxon
- Platytroctidae
- Image
- Mentodus rostratus.jpg
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Mentodus is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world.
==Species== There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: Mentodus bythios (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) Mentodus crassus A. E. Parr, 1960 Mentodus eubranchus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) Mentodus facilis (A. E. Parr, 1951) Mentodus longirostris (Sazonov & Golovan, 1976) Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987) Mentodus perforatus Sazonov & Trunov, 1978 Mentodus rostratus (Günther, 1878)
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