{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Genypterus blacodes derivate work.jpg | image_caption = Pink cusk-eel ''(G. blacodes)'' | image2 = Genypterus chilensis.jpg | image2_caption = Red cusk-eel ''(G. chilensis)'' | taxon = Genypterus | authority = Philippi {Krumweide}, 1857 | type_species = ''Genypterus nigricans'' | type_species_authority = Philippi, 1857 }}
'''''Genypterus''''' is a genus of cusk-eels.<ref name=FishBase/>
==Etymology== ''Genypterus'' is derived from the Greek words ''genyos'' = face, jaw and ''pteron'' = wing, fin.<ref>{{FishBase |genus=Genypterus |species=capensis |month=February |year=2022}}</ref>
==Species== There are currently five recognized species in this genus:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Genypterus| month = February | year=2022}}</ref> * ''Genypterus blacodes'' <small>(J. R. Forster, 1801)</small> (Pink cusk-eel) * ''Genypterus brasiliensis'' <small>Regan, 1903</small> * ''Genypterus capensis'' <small>(A. Smith, 1847)</small> (Kingklip) * ''Genypterus chilensis'' <small>(Guichenot, 1848)</small> (Red cusk-eel) * ''Genypterus maculatus'' <small>(Tschudi, 1846)</small> (Black cusk-eel) * ''Genypterus tigerinus'' <small>Klunzinger, 1872</small> (Rock ling)
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Category:Ophidiidae Category:Actinopterygii genera Category:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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