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''Pyramodon'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
pearlfish Pearlfish are marine fish in the ray-finned fish family Carapidae. Pearlfishes inhabit the tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans at depths to , along oceanic shelves and slopes. They are slender, elongated fish with no ...
es, with these currently recognized species: * '' Pyramodon lindas'' Markle & Olney, 1990 (blackedge pearlfish) * '' Pyramodon parini'' Markle & Olney, 1990 * '' Pyramodon punctatus'' (
Regan The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1914)
(dogtooth pearlfish) * '' Pyramodon ventralis'' H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 (pallid pearlfish)


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Carapidae {{Ophidiiformes-stub