Streaky clingfish
The streaky clingfish (Lissonanchus lusheri) is a species of clingfish only known from one specimen collected off the coast of southern Mozambique. The length of the only known specimen was 2.1 centimetres (0.83 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The single known specimen was collected at Ponte Zavora in southern Mozambique[3] by Mrs D.N. Lusher, who sent it to J.L.B. Smith. Smith described the species from this type and named it in honour of Mrs Lusher, so the spelling should be lusherae to reflect her gender.[4]
| Streaky clingfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiesocinae |
| Genus: | Lissonanchus |
| Species: | L. lusheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissonanchus lusheri J. L. B. Smith, 1966 | |
References
- Carpenter, K.E.; Borsa, P.; Jiddawi, N.; et al. (2018). "Lissonanchus lusheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T118356930A118356933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T118356930A118356933.en.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Lissonanchus lusheri" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Lissonanchus lusheri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (7 February 2019). "Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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