''Stalix'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
jawfish
Opistognathidae, the jawfishes, are a Family (biology), family of ray-finned fish, fishes in the order Blenniiformes. The family includes about 80 species. They are native to warmer parts of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, where found fr ...
es native to the
Indian Ocean
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and the western
Pacific Ocean
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.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Stalix davidsheni''
Klausewitz, 1985
* ''
Stalix dicra''
Smith-Vaniz, 1989 (Forked jawfish)
* ''
Stalix eremia''
Smith-Vaniz, 1989 (Solitary jawfish)
* ''
Stalix flavida''
Smith-Vaniz, 1989
* ''
Stalix histrio''
D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 (Harlequin jawfish)
* ''
Stalix immaculata''
C. Y. Xu & H. Z. Zhan, 1980
* ''
Stalix moenensis''
( Popta, 1922) (Muna jawfish)
* ''
Stalix novikovi''
Prokofiev
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, 2015 [Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): Genus ''Stalix'' (Opistognathidae) in Vietnam. ''Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (4): 601-604.'']
* ''
Stalix omanensis''
Norman, 1939 (Oman jawfish)
* ''
Stalix sheni''
Smith-Vaniz, 1989
* ''
Stalix toyoshio''
Shinohara, 1999
* ''
Stalix versluysi''
( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Versluys' jawfish)
References
Opistognathidae
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Taxa named by John Otterbein Snyder
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