''Mentodus'' is a genus of deepwater
marine ray-finned fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class (biology), class of Osteichthyes, bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built ...
belonging to the
family
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Platytroctidae
The tubeshoulders are a family, Platytroctidae, of ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are ...
, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world.
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Mentodus bythios''
( Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
* ''
Mentodus crassus''
A. E. Parr, 1960
* ''
Mentodus eubranchus
''Mentodus'' is a genus of deepwater Marine life, marine Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans aroun ...
''
(Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
* ''
Mentodus facilis''
(A. E. Parr, 1951)
* ''
Mentodus longirostris''
( Sazonov & Golovan, 1976)
* ''
Mentodus mesalirus''
(Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
* ''
Mentodus perforatus''
Sazonov & Trunov, 1978
* ''
Mentodus rostratus''
( Günther, 1878)
References
Platytroctidae
Taxa named by Albert Eide Parr
Ray-finned fish genera
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