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{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Onuxodon
| authority = [[J. L. B. Smith]], 1955
| type_species = ''Carapus parvibrachium''
| type_species_authority = Fowler, 1927<ref name = CoF>{{Cof record|genid=7309|title=Onuxodon|access-date=8 July 2018}}</ref>
}}
'''''Onuxodon''''' is an [[Indo-Pacific]] [[genus]] of [[pearlfish]]es from the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Carapidae]]. The [[genus|generic name]] is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ''onyx'' meaning "claw" and  ''odon'' meaning "tooth", referring to the sharp fang like teeth of ''Onuxodon parvibrachium''.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/ophidiiformes1/ | title = Order OPHIDIIFORMES: Families CARAPIDAE and OPHIDIIDAE | accessdate = 8 July 2018 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | date = 21 March 2018 | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database}}</ref> Species in this genus are distributed from South Africa to [[Hawaii]]. They live [[commensal]]ly with molluscs.<ref name = FAO>{{cite book | author1 = Jørgen G. Nielsen | author2 = Daniel M. Cohen | author3 = Douglas F. Markle | author4 = C. Richard Robins | name-list-style = amp | year = 1999 | title = OPHIDIIFORM FISHES OF THE WORLD (Order Ophidiiformes) An annotated and illustrated catalogue of pearlfishes, cusk-eels, brotulas and other ophidiiform fishes known to date | series = FAO Species Catalogues | volume = 17 | publisher = [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] of the United Nations | place = Rome | isbn = 92-5-104375-2}}</ref> The three currently recognized species are:<ref>{{FishBase genus | genus = Onuxodon| month = June | year = 2012}}</ref>
* ''[[Onuxodon fowleri]]'' <small>([[James Smith (ichthyologist)|J. L. B. Smith]], 1955)</small> (Fowler's pearlfish)
* ''[[Onuxodon margaritiferae]]'' <small>([[Hialmar Rendahl|Rendahl]], 1921)</small> (bivalve pearlfish)
* ''[[Onuxodon parvibrachium]]'' <small>([[Henry Weed Fowler|Fowler]], 1927)</small> (oyster pearlfish)
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