Uncertain Placement Egg-Laying Ray/Fish Group [Ovalentaria incertae sedis]

Description

This is a higher-level grouping with uncertain placement, so what divers see depends heavily on the specific species present in a region. When members of this group occur locally, divers may encounter them as bottom-associated animals—often blending into the seafloor or moving quietly along habitats like sand, mud, or reef edges.

Families

Damselfishes

Pomacentridae

Jawfishes

Opistognathidae

Roundheads

Plesiopidae

Taxonomy