Biology:Onuxodon
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Onuxodon | |
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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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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)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Onuxodon". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7309.
- ↑ "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 21 March 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/. 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. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Onuxodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1908738 entry
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