Parmops

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Parmops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Beryciformes
Family: Anomalopidae
Genus: Parmops
Rosenblatt & G. D. Johnson, 1991

Parmops is a genus of flashlight fishes found in the deep waters of the central Pacific Ocean. P. coruscans is found in the eastern Pacific around Tahiti and P. echinatus is found in the western Pacific around Fiji.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Parmops coruscans Rosenblatt & G. D. Johnson, 1991
  • Parmops echinatus G. D. Johnson, Seeto & Rosenblatt, 2001

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Parmops in FishBase. October 2012 version.


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