''Polyprion'' is a
genus
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of marine
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
from the
family
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Polyprionidae
The wreckfish are a family, Polyprionidae in the suborder Percoidei of the order Perciformes.
They are deep-water marine fish and can be found on the ocean bottom, where they inhabit caves and shipwrecks (thus their common name). Their scientifi ...
, the
wreckfishes.
Species
The genus contains two species:
* ''
Polyprion americanus''
(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Atlantic wreckfish)
* ''
Polyprion oxygeneios''
(Schneider & Forster, 1801) (Hāpuku)
References
{{Taxonbar, From=Q281106
Polyprionidae
