Parmops

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Anomalopidae		Phylum Chordata Order Beryciformes Rank Genus
Similar Photoblepharon, Anomalopidae, Splitfin flashlightfish, Beryciformes, Fangtooth

Parmops is a genus of flashlight fishes found in the deep waters of the central Pacific Ocean. P. coruscans is found in the eastern Pacific around Tahiti and P. echinatus is found in the western Pacific around Fiji.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

Parmops coruscans Rosenblatt & G. D. Johnson, 1991

Parmops echinatus G. D. Johnson, Seeto & Rosenblatt, 2001

References

Parmops Wikipedia

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