Oxymetopon | |
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Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum | |
Scientific classification | |
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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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]
There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: