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 | |
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| Giant wrymouth (C. giganteus) | |
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| Family: | Cryptacanthodidae T. N. Gill, 1861 |
| Genus: | Cryptacanthodes D. H. Storer (fr), 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Cryptacanthodes maculatus D. H. Storer, 1839 | |
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (dwarf wrymouth)
- Cryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg, 1930
- Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858) (giant wrymouth)
- Cryptacanthodes maculatus D. H. Storer (fr), 1839 (Wrymouth)
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See also
References
- California Academy of Sciences; Catalog of Fishes; Synonyms of Cryptacanthodes Archived 2014-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). "Cryptacanthodidae" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cryptacanthodes in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links
- 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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