Mentodus
Genus of ray-finned fishes
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Mentodus is a genus of deepwater marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platytroctidae, the tube shoulders. The species in this genus are known from tropical and temperate oceans around the world.
| Mentodus | |
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| Mentodus rostratus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Alepocephaliformes |
| Family: | Platytroctidae |
| Genus: | Mentodus A. E. Parr, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Bathytroctes rostratus | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2]
- 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)
