Evoxymetopon Explained

Evoxymetopon is a genus of cutlassfish found in all oceans. It is one of nine genera in the family Trichiuridae.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

• Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus Chakraborty, Yoshino & Iwatsuki, 2006 (Bigeye scabbardfish) ^[1]
• Evoxymetopon moricheni Fricke, Golani & Appelbaum-Golani, 2014 ^[2]
• Evoxymetopon poeyi Günther, 1887 (Poey's scabbardfish)
• Evoxymetopon taeniatus T. N. Gill, 1863 (Channel scabbardfish)

Notes and References

1. Chakraborty, A., Yoshino, T. & Iwatsuki, Y. (2006): A new species of scabbardfish, Evoxymetopon macrophthalmus (Scombroidei: Trichiuridae), from Okinawa, Japan. Ichthyological Research, 53 (2): 137-142.
2. Fricke, R., Golani, D. & Appelbaum-Golani, B. (2014): Evoxymetopon moricheni, a new cutlassfish from the northern Red Sea (Teleostei: Trichiuridae). Ichthyological Research, 61 (3): 293-297.