Biology:Polyprion

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Polyprion
Polyprion americanus.002 - Aquarium Finisterrae.jpg
Polyprion americanus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Polyprionidae
Genus: Polyprion
Oken, 1817[1]
Type species
Amphiprion americanus
Bloch & Schneider, 1801[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hectoria Castelnau, 1873
  • Notognidion Rafinesque, 1810

Polyprion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfishes.

Species

The genus contains two species:[3]

  • Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Atlantic wreckfish)
  • Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (Hāpuku)

References

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