''Phanerodon'' 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
surfperch
The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, the Embiotocidae. They are mainly found in northeast Pacific Ocean (as far south as Baja California), but a few species (genera '' Ditrema'' and '' Neoditrema'') are found in the northwest Pacifi ...
es native to the eastern
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 ...
.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Phanerodon atripes''
( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1880) (Sharpnose surfperch)
* ''
Phanerodon furcatus''
Girard, 1854 (White surfperch)
References
Embiotocidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard
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