Polyprion
| Polyprion | |
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| Polyprion americanus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Acropomatiformes |
| Family: | Polyprionidae |
| Genus: | Polyprion Oken, 1817[1] |
| Type species | |
| Amphiprion americanus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Polyprion is a genus of marine ray-finned fish from the family Polyprionidae, the wreckfishes.
Species
The genus contains two species:[3]
- Polyprion americanus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (Atlantic wreckfish)
- Polyprion oxygeneios (Schneider & Forster, 1801) (Hāpuku)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Polyprion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Polyprionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Polyprion". FishBase. December 2019 version.