Pyramodon

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Pyramodon
Pyramodon punctatus.jpg
Dogtooth pearlfish (P. punctatus)
Pyramodon ventralis (no common name).gif
Pallid pearlfish (P. ventralis)
Scientific classification e
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]

  • & , 1990 (blackedge pearlfish)
  • Markle & Olney, 1990
  • (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 Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pyramodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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