Flabellicauda
Appearance
Flabellicauda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Flabellicauda Fujiwara, Conway & Motomura, 2021 |
Type species | |
Flabellicauda alleni Fujiwara, Conway & Motomura, 2021
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Flabellicauda is a genus of clingfishes from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.[1][2]
Species
[edit]There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Flabellicauda akiko (G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012) – Minute clingfish[3]
- Flabellicauda alleni Fujiwara, Conway & Motomura, 2021 – Allen's clingfish
- Flabellicauda bolini (Briggs, 1962) – Bolin's clingfish
- Flabellicauda cometes Fujiwara, Conway & Motomura, 2021 – Comet's clingfish
References
[edit]- ^ a b Fujiwara, Kyoji; Conway, Kevin W.; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2021-09-10). "Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Indo-Pacific Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) with Redescription and Reassignment of Two Species Previously Assigned to Lepadichthys Waite, 1904". Ichthyology & Herpetology. doi:10.1643/i2020132. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
- ^ Bray, D.J. (2022). "Flabellicauda". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ 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.