Cryptacanthodes

Cryptacanthodes is a genus of perciform fishes commonly referred to as wrymouths. They are mostly found in the Pacific Ocean with one species native to the Atlantic Ocean where they are benthic fishes, tunneling through soft substrates. It is currently the only known genus in its family.[2]

Cryptacanthodes
Giant wrymouth (C. giganteus)
Scientific classification
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Cryptacanthodidae

Genus:
Cryptacanthodes

Type species
Cryptacanthodes maculatus
D. H. Storer, 1839
Synonyms [1]
  • Cryptacanthoides Lindberg, 1930
  • Delolepis T. H. Bean, 1882
  • Lyconectes C. H. Gilbert, 1896
  • Pseudophidium Gratzianov, 1907
  • Zoarcites Zugmayer, 1914

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

See also

References

  1. California Academy of Sciences; Catalog of Fishes; Synonyms of Cryptacanthodes Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Cryptacanthodidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptacanthodes in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  • Cryptacanthodidae at Encyclopedia of Life
  • Jack Sepkoski (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23.


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