Discotrema
Discotrema | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Discotrema Briggs, 1976 |
Discotrema is a genus of clingfishes found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific where they live on crinoids. These tiny fish have distinctive pattern consisting of long white or yellow lines along their body.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Discotrema crinophilum Briggs, 1976 (Crinoid clingfish)
- Discotrema monogrammum Craig & J. E. Randall, 2008
- Discotrema zonatum Craig & J. E. Randall, 2008
References
- ↑ Craig, M.T.; J.E. Randall (2008). "Two New Species of the Indo-Pacific Clingfish Genus Discotrema (Gobiesocidae)". Copeia. 2008 (1): 68–74.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Discotrema in FishBase. October 2012 version.
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