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Oxymetopon
Sign in to saveOxymetopon is a genus of fish formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae but now classified in the Gobiidae. They are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes called ribbon-gobies.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyMicrodesmidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Microdesmidae
- Collections
- USNM, BPBM, LACM, WAM, AM, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, China, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, N/A
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Oxymetopon is a genus of fish formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae but now classified in the Gobiidae. They are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes called ribbon-gobies.
==Species== There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: Oxymetopon compressum W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (Robust ribbongoby) Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev, 2016 Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé, 1981 (Blue-barred ribbongoby) Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967 Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 (Sail-fin ribbongoby)
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oxymetopon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.