Oxymetopon

Oxymetopon is a genus of fish formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae but now classified in the Gobiidae.^[1] They are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes called ribbon-gobies.^[2]

Species edit

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

Oxymetopon compressum W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (Robust ribbongoby)
Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev, 2016 ^[3]
Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé (fr), 1981 (Blue-barred ribbongoby)
Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967
Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861 (Sail-fin ribbongoby)

^ 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 Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Oxymetopon in FishBase. January 2016 version.
^ Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): Genus Oxymetopon (Microdesmidae: Ptereleotrinae) in the Coastal Areas of Province Khanh Hoa (Vietnam, South China Sea). Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (2): 175-180.

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