Lepadichthys

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Lepadichthys
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Lepadichthys lineatus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Lepadichthys
Waite, 1904
Type species
Lepadichthys frenatus
Waite, 1904
Species

13, see text

Lepadichthys is a genus of clingfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species[]

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:

  • G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012 [1]
  • M. T. Craig, Bogorodsky & J. E. Randall, 2015[2]
  • Briggs, 1962 - Bolin's clingfish
  • Briggs, 1969 - Pale clingfish
  • Regan, 1921 - Eye-stripe clingfish
  • Fujiwara & Motomura, 2020[3]
  • Briggs & Link, 1963
  • Briggs & Link, 1963[2]
  • Lepadichthys frenatus Waite, 1904
  • Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs, 1966 - Double-line clingfish
  • Briggs, 1955 - Minor clingfish
  • Lepadichthys sandaracatus Whitley, 1943
  • Briggs, 2001 - Springer's clingfish

References[]

  1. ^ Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-9872600-0-0.
  2. ^ a b Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. (2015): Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 113–122.
  3. ^ Fujiwara, Kyoji; Motomura, Hiroyuki (November 2020). "A New Species of Lepadichthys from the Central South Pacific and Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Lepadichthys springeri Briggs, 2001 (Gobiesocidae)". Copeia. 108 (4): 833–846. doi:10.1643/CI2020036. ISSN 0045-8511.


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