''Apodichthys'' is a small

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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 hor ...

es belonging to the

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Pholidae ''Pholidae'' is a family of marine ray-finned fishes, known as gunnels, in the scorpaeniform suborder Zoarcoidei. These are fishes of the littoral zone and are mainly found in North Pacific Ocean, with two species found in the North Atlantic Ocea ...

, the gunnels. These fishes are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

''Apodichthys'' contains 2 species: * ''

Apodichthys flavidus The penpoint gunnel (''Apodichthys flavidus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Pholidae, the gunnels. This fish occurs in the eastern North Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy The penpoint gunnel was first formally described ...

'' Girard, 1854 (Penpoint gunnel) * ''

Apodichthys fucorum ''Apodichthys'' is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Pholidae ''Pholidae'' is a family of marine ray-finned fishes, known as gunnels, in the scorpaeniform suborder Zoarcoidei. These are fishes of the littoral zon ...

'' Jordan & Gilbert, 1895 (Rockweed gunnel)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3759441 Apodichthyinae Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard