Pherallodiscus
Pherallodiscus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Subfamily: | |
Genus: | Pherallodiscus , 1955 |
Type species | |
Gobiesox funebris |
Pherallodiscus is a genus of clingfishes native to the central eastern Pacific Ocean along the coast of Mexico. Based on genetic studies the genus should be merged into Gobiesox.[2]
Species[]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]
- (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Northern fraildisc clingfish)
- , 1955 (Southern fraildisc clingfish)
References[]
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pherallodiscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ Hastings, P.A.; K.W. Conway (2017). "Gobiesox lanceolatus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Los Frailes submarine canyon, Gulf of California, Mexico" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4221 (3): 393–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.8. PMID 28187671.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pherallodiscus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
Categories:
- Gobiesocidae
- Gobiesociformes stubs