Trachelochismus

Trachelochismus is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the shores of New Zealand, with currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Trachelochismus aestuarium Conway, Stewart & King 2017[3]
  • Trachelochismus melobesia Phillipps, 1927 (striped clingfish)
  • Trachelochismus pinnulatus (J. R. Forster, 1801)

Trachelochismus
New Zealand lumpfish Trachelochismus pinnatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Trachelochismus
Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Type species
Cyclopterus pinnulatus
Forster, 1844[1]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Trachelochismus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Trachelochismus in FishBase. October 2012 version.
  3. Kevin W. Conway; Andrew L. Stewart & Cragen King (2017). "A new species of the clingfish genus Trachelochismus from bay and estuarine areas of New Zealand (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)". Zootaxa. Vol 4319 (3).


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