Pontinus

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Pontinus Fossil range: Early Oligocene to Present[1]
Pontinus nematophthalmus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Scorpaenidae Subfamily: Scorpaeninae Genus: Pontinus Poey, 1860
Species
Pontinus accraensis Pontinus castor Pontinus clemensi Pontinus corallinus Pontinus furcirhinus Pontinus helena Pontinus hexanema Pontinus kuhlii Pontinus leda Pontinus longispinis Pontinus macrocephalus Pontinus nematophthalmus Pontinus nigerimum Pontinus nigropunctatus Pontinus rathbuni Pontinus rhodochrous Pontinus sierra Pontinus strigatus Pontinus tentacularis Pontinus vaughani et al.

Pontinus is a genus of marine fish.

[edit] References

1. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: p.560. 

• "Pontinus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Mar 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.