Onuxodon

Onuxodon is an Indo-Pacific genus of pearlfishes from the family Carapidae. The generic name is derived from the Greek onyx meaning "claw" and odon meaning "tooth", referring to the sharp fang like teeth of Onuxodon parvibrachium.[2] Species in this genus are distributed from South Africa to Hawaii. They live commensally with molluscs.[3] The three currently recognized species are:[4]

  • Onuxodon fowleri (J. L. B. Smith, 1955) (Fowler's pearlfish)
  • Onuxodon margaritiferae (Rendahl, 1921) (bivalve pearlfish)
  • Onuxodon parvibrachium (Fowler, 1927) (oyster pearlfish)

Onuxodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Carapidae
Subfamily: Carapinae
Genus: Onuxodon
J. L. B. Smith, 1955
Type species
Carapus parvibrachium
Fowler, 1927[1]

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Onuxodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (21 March 2018). "Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. Jørgen G. Nielsen; Daniel M. Cohen; Douglas F. Markle & C. Richard Robins (1999). OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Species Catalogues. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Onuxodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.


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