Oxymetopon

Oxymetopon
Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Genus:	Oxymetopon Bleeker, 1861
Type species
Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861

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

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)

References

1. 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.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxymetopon". FishBase. January 2016 version.
3. 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.