Onuxodon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ophidiaria
Ordo: Ophidiiformes

Familia: Carapidae
Subfamilia: Carapinae
Genus: Onuxodon
Species: O. albometeori – O. fowleri – O. margaritiferae – O. parvibrachium
Name

Onuxodon Smith, 1955

Gender: masculine

Type species: Carapus parvibrachium Fowler, 1927
Synonyms
References

Smith, J. L. B. 1955. The fishes of the family Carapidae in the western Indian Ocean. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 12) v. 8 (no. 90): 401–416.
Koeda, K. 2019. A new pearlfish, Onuxodon albometeori sp. nov. (Ophidiiformes: Carapidae), from Taiwan. Pp 6–9 In Ho, H-C., Koeda, K. & Hilton, E.J., (eds.), Study on the fish taxonomy and diversity of Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4702(1): 1–229. Reference page. Zootaxa 4702(1): 6–9. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4702.1.4 Open access pdf Reference page.
Nielsen, J. G., D. M. Cohen, D. F. Markle, and C. R. Robins. 1999. FAO species catalogue. Vol. 18. Ophidiiform fishes of the world (Order Ophidiiformes). An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearl-fishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis. No. 125.
Onuxodon – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Onuxodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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.
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. Vol. 17. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 92-5-104375-2.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Onuxodon in FishBase. June 2012 version.