Mentodus is a genus of tubeshoulders.
| Mentodus | |
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| Mentodus rostratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae |
| Genus: | Mentodus A. E. Parr, 1951 |
Species edit
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Mentodus bythios (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
- Mentodus crassus A. E. Parr, 1960
- Mentodus eubranchus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
- Mentodus facilis (A. E. Parr, 1951)
- Mentodus longirostris (Sazonov & Golovan, 1976)
- Mentodus mesalirus (Matsui & Rosenblatt, 1987)
- Mentodus perforatus Sazonov & Trunov, 1978
- Mentodus rostratus (Günther, 1878)
References edit
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Mentodus in FishBase. February 2012 version.
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