''Lepadichthys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
clingfish
Clingfishes are ray-finned fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Blenniiformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coa ...
es native to the
Indian and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
s.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Lepadichthys bilineatus''
[Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. (2015): ''Lepadichthys bilineatus'', a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of ''Lepadichthys erythraeus'' Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. ''Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 113–122.'']
* ''
Lepadichthys caritus'' - Pale clingfish
* ''
Lepadichthys coccinotaenia'' - Eye-stripe clingfish
*''
Lepadichthys conwayi''
* ''
Lepadichthys ctenion''
* ''
Lepadichthys erythraeus''
* ''
Lepadichthys frenatus''
* ''
Lepadichthys lineatus'' - Double-line clingfish
* ''
Lepadichthys minor'' - Minor clingfish
* ''
Lepadichthys sandaracatus''
* ''
Lepadichthys springeri'' - Springer's clingfish
References
Gobiesocidae
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