Polyprion
Polyprion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfishes.
| Polyprion | |
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| Polyprion americanus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Polyprionidae |
| Genus: | Polyprion Oken, 1817[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amphiprion americanus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
The genus contains two species:[3]
- Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Atlantic wreckfish)
- Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (Hāpuku)
References
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Polyprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Polyprionidae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Polyprion in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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