Biology:Pinnichthys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pinnichthys
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Genus: Pinnichthys
Van Tassell, Tornabene & Gilmore, 2016
Type species
Pinnichthys aimoriensis
Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016[1]

Pinnichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and the eastern Pacific, the genus was named in 2016.[1] Three species previously classified in the genus Chriolepis have been included in Pinnichthys.[1]

Species

Five species have been assigned to this genus:[1]

  • Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016 (Thiony's goby)
  • Pinnichthys atrimela (Bussing, 1997) (Black-cheek goby)
  • Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley 2013) (Double-filament goby)
  • Pinnichthys prolata (Hastings & Findley 2015) (Platform goby)
  • Pinnichthys saurimimica Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016 (Lizardfish goby)

There are no species listed under this genus in FishBase[2] and the Catalog of Fishes classifies the Pacific species P. atrimela as Chriolepis atrimelus.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q25399019 entry