Biology:Flabellicauda

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Flabellicauda
Scientific classification e
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

Flabellicauda is a genus of clingfishes from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.[1][2]

Species

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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". doi:10.1643/i2020132. https://bioone.org/journals/ichthyology-and-herpetology/volume-109/issue-3/i2020132/Description-of-a-New-Genus-and-Two-New-Species-of/10.1643/i2020132.full. 
  2. Bray, D.J. (2022). "Flabellicauda". Museums Victoria. https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/genus/1827. 
  3. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q113163232 entry