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Oidiphorus

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Oidiphorus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Zoarcidae
Subfamily: Lycodinae
Genus: Oidiphorus
McAllister & Rees, 1964
Type species
Maynea brevis
Norman, 1937[1]

Oidiphorus is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Zoarcidae, the eelpouts. It’s two species are found in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean and the Southern Ocean.

Species

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Oidiphorus contains 2 species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Lycodinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oidiphoris". FishBase. June 2022 version.