Biology:Aspasma

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Aspasma
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Aspasma
D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902
Species:
A. minima
Binomial name
Aspasma minima
(Döderlein, 1887)
Synonyms

Lepadogaster minimus Döderlein, 1887

Aspasma minima is a species of clingfish found in the Pacific Ocean near the shores of southern Japan . This species grows to 5 cm (2.0 in) in standard length. This species is the only species in the monotypic genus Aspasma.[1] This species was described in 1887 by the German zoologist and paleontologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein from a type collected at a depth of 100-150 fathoms in Sagami Bay, Japan.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2473248 entry