Acyrtus

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Acyrtus
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Papillate Clingfish (A. artius)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Acyrtus
L. P. Schultz, 1944
Type species
Sicyases rubiginosus
Poey, 1868

Acyrtus is a genus of clingfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean. [1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

Papillate Clingfish (A. artius) - Ventral view showing pelvic disk Acyrtus artius - pone.0010676.g161.png
Papillate Clingfish (A. artius) - Ventral view showing pelvic disk

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acyrtus". FishBase . April 2019 version.
  2. ↑ Conway, Kevin W.; Baldwin, Carole; White, Macaulay D. (2014). "Cryptic Diversity and Venom Glands in Western Atlantic Clingfishes of the Genus Acyrtus (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)". PLOS ONE. 9 (5) e97664. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097664 . PMC   4019652 . PMID   24825326.


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