Pyramodon

Pyramodon
Dogtooth pearlfish (P. punctatus)
Pallid pearlfish (P. ventralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Ophidiiformes
Family:Carapidae
Subfamily:Pyramodontinae
Genus:Pyramodon
H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
Type species
Pyramodon venrtralis
H.M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913[1]

Pyramodon is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species:[2]

  • Pyramodon lindas Markle & Olney, 1990 (blackedge pearlfish)
  • Pyramodon parini Markle & Olney, 1990
  • Pyramodon punctatus (Regan, 1914) (dogtooth pearlfish)
  • Pyramodon ventralis H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (pallid pearlfish)

References

  1. 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 978-92-5-104375-2.
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Pyramodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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