genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
wormfish
Wormfishes were a subfamily, Microdesminae, which are formerly classified in the family Microdesmidae and are also currently classified, with no intervening rank, in the family Gobiidae and the order Gobiiformes.
They are found in shallow trop ...
es native to the
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th ...
to the central
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...
.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
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Gunnellichthys copleyi
''Gunnellichthys'' is a genus of wormfishes native to the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* '' Gunnellichthys copleyi'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1951)
* '' Gunnellichthys cur ...
'' (
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
Gunnellichthys grandoculis
''Gunnellichthys'' is a genus of wormfishes native to the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* '' Gunnellichthys copleyi'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1951)
* '' Gunnellichthys cur ...
Gunnellichthys irideus
''Gunnellichthys'' is a genus of wormfishes native to the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* '' Gunnellichthys copleyi'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1951)
* '' Gunnellichthys cur ...
''
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
J. L. B. Smith
James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought to be long ex ...
Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Gunnellichthys viridescens
''Gunnellichthys'' is a genus of wormfishes native to the Indian Ocean to the central Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
* ''Gunnellichthys copleyi'' (J. L. B. Smith, 1951)
* '' Gunnellichthys curi ...