''Evoxymetopon'' is a
genus
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of
cutlassfish
The cutlassfishes are about 45 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae of the order Scombriformes found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise ...
found in all
ocean
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s. It is one of nine genera in the family Trichiuridae.
Species
There are currently four recognized
species
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in this genus:
* ''
Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus''
Chakraborty
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Notable persons with this surname
Male
*Ajay Chakraborty (born 1943), Indian politician
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, Yoshino Yoshino may refer to:
* Yoshino cherry, another name for ''Prunus × yedoensis'', a flowering cherry tree
* Japanese cruiser Yoshino, Japanese cruiser ''Yoshino'', a protected cruiser of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Places
* Yoshino, Nara, a town ...
& Iwatsuki, 2006 (Bigeye scabbardfish)
[Chakraborty, A., Yoshino, T. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2006): A new species of scabbardfish, ''Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus'' (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae), from Okinawa, Japan. ''Ichthyological Research, 53 (2): 137-142.'']
* ''
Evoxymetopon moricheni''
Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2014 [Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): ''Evoxymetopon moricheni'', a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae). ''Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 293-297.'']
* ''
Evoxymetopon poeyi
''Evoxymetopon'' is a genus of cutlassfish found in all oceans. It is one of nine genera in the family Trichiuridae.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus'' Anirban Chakraborty, Chakra ...
''
Günther, 1887 (Poey's scabbardfish)
* ''
Evoxymetopon taeniatus
''Evoxymetopon'' is a genus of cutlassfish found in all oceans. It is one of nine genera in the family Trichiuridae.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus'' Anirban Chakraborty, Chakra ...
''
T. N. Gill, 1863 (Channel scabbardfish)
References
Trichiuridae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Theodore Gill
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