Pholidichthys
Pholidichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish which consists of two species of the tropical Pacific Ocean. It is the only genus in the family Pholidichthyidae, one of two families in the order Cichliformes.[1]
Pholidichthys | |
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Pholidichthys leucotaenia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cichliformes |
Family: | Pholidichthyidae D.S. Jordan, 1896 |
Genus: | Pholidichthys Bleeker, 1856 |
Type species | |
Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856 |
Species
The following two species are found within this genus and family:[2]
- Pholidichthys anguis Springer & Larson, 1996
- Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856
References
- J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2018). "Pholidichthyidae" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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