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''Oxymetopon'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
formerly classified in the
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Microdesmidae The Microdesmidae, the wormfishes and dartfishes, were a family of goby-like fishes in the order Gobiiformes, more recent workers have placed this taxon within the Gobiidae, although the researchers do not define the taxonomic status of this grou ...
but now classified in the
Gobiidae Gobiidae or gobies is a family of bony fish in the order Gobiiformes, one of the largest fish families comprising more than 2,000 species in more than 200 genera. Most of gobiid fish are relatively small, typically less than in length, and the ...
. They are native to the western
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
. They are sometimes called ribbon-gobies.


Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus: * '' Oxymetopon compressum'' W. L. Y. Chan, 1966 (Robust ribbongoby) * '' Oxymetopon curticauda''
Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer ...
, 2016
Prokofiev, A.M. (2016): Genus ''Oxymetopon'' (Microdesmidae: Ptereleotrinae) in the Coastal Areas of Province Khanh Hoa (Vietnam, South China Sea). ''Journal of Ichthyology, 56 (2): 175-180.'' * '' Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum'' Klausewitz & Condé ( fr), 1981 (Blue-barred ribbongoby) * '' Oxymetopon filamentosum'' Fourmanoir, 1967 * '' Oxymetopon typus''
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Microdesmidae Gobiidae Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Gobiidae-stub