| Oxymetopon | |
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| Oxymetopon cyanoctenosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Oxymetopon Bleeker, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Oxymetopon typus Bleeker, 1861
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Oxymetopon is a genus of fish formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae but now classified in the Gobiidae.[1] They are native to the western Pacific Ocean. They are sometimes called ribbon-gobies.[2]
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 752. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oxymetopon". FishBase. January 2016 version.