| Stalix | |
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| Jawfish (Stalix sp.) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Opistognathidae |
| Genus: | Stalix D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Stalix histrio D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 | |
Stalix is a genus of jawfishes native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:
- Stalix davidsheni Klausewitz, 1985
- Stalix dicra Smith-Vaniz, 1989 (Forked jawfish)
- Stalix eremia Smith-Vaniz, 1989 (Solitary jawfish)
- Stalix flavida Smith-Vaniz, 1989
- Stalix histrio D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 (Harlequin jawfish)
- Stalix immaculata C. Y. Xu & H. Z. Zhan, 1980
- Stalix moenensis (Popta, 1922) (Muna jawfish)
- Stalix novikovi Prokofiev, 2015
- Stalix omanensis Norman, 1939 (Oman jawfish)
- Stalix sheni Smith-Vaniz, 1989
- Stalix toyoshio Shinohara, 1999
- Stalix versluysi (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Versluys' jawfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Stalix". FishBase. June 018 version.
- Prokofiev, A.M. (2015): Genus Stalix (Opistognathidae) in Vietnam. Journal of Ichthyology, 55 (4): 601-604.
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