Lecanogaster

Lecanogaster is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa.[2] The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species was assigned to the genus.[2]

Lecanogaster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Lecanogaster
Briggs, 1957
Type species
Lecanogaster chrysea
Briggs, 1957[1]

Species

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lecanogaster". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Lecanogaster in FishBase. April 2019 version.
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