Polyprion
Polyprion | |
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Polyprion americanus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Polyprionidae |
Genus: | Polyprion Oken, 1817[1] |
Type species | |
Amphiprion americanus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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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[]
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Polyprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Polyprion in FishBase. December 2019 version.
Categories:
- Polyprionidae