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WoRMS taxon details

Oxymetopon Bleeker, 1860

AphiaID

270153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:270153)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ptereleotrinae Bleeker, 1875

Synonymised names

Oxymetropon · unaccepted (misspelling)

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Species Oxymetopon compressus Chan, 1966
Species Oxymetopon curticauda Prokofiev, 2016
Species Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum Klausewitz & Condé, 1981
Species Oxymetopon filamentosum Fourmanoir, 1967
Species Oxymetopon formosum Fourmanoir, 1967
Species Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Oxymetopon Bleeker, 1860. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=270153 on 2026-09-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 10:18:16Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-03-04 10:27:55Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]