Pholidichthys

Pholidichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish which consists of two species found in the tropical Pacific Ocean. It is the only genus in the family Pholidichthyidae, one of two families in the order Cichliformes.^[1]

Pholidichthys
Pholidichthys leucotaenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cichliformes
Family:	Pholidichthyidae D.S. Jordan, 1896
Genus:	Pholidichthys Bleeker, 1856
Type species
Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856

Species

The following two species are found within this genus and family:^[2]

• Pholidichthys anguis Springer & Larson, 1996
• Pholidichthys leucotaenia Bleeker, 1856