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Diretmoides

Diretmoides is a genus of spinyfins with one species (pauciradiatus) known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the other (veriginae) known from the eastern Indian Ocean.

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Diretmoides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Trachichthyiformes
Family: Diretmidae
Genus: Diretmoides
Post & Quéro, 1981

Diretmoides is a genus of spinyfins with one species (pauciradiatus) known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the other (veriginae) known from the eastern Indian Ocean.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:1

  • Diretmoides pauciradiatus (Woods, 1973) (Longwing spinyfin)
  • Diretmoides veriginae Kotlyar, 1987
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