Lepadichthys

Lepadichthys
Lepadichthys lineatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Subfamily:	Diademichthyinae
Genus:	Lepadichthys Waite, 1904
Type species
Lepadichthys frenatus Waite, 1904
Species
13, see text

Lepadichthys is a genus of clingfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:

• Lepadichthys bilineatus M. T. Craig, Bogorodsky & J. E. Randall, 2015 ^[1]
• Lepadichthys caritus Briggs, 1969 - Pale clingfish
• Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Regan, 1921 - Eye-stripe clingfish
• Lepadichthys conwayi Fujiwara & Motomura, 2020 ^[2]
• Lepadichthys ctenion Briggs & Link, 1963
• Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs & Link, 1963 ^[1]
• Lepadichthys frenatus Waite, 1904
• Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs, 1966 - Double-line clingfish
• Lepadichthys minor Briggs, 1955 - Minor clingfish
• Lepadichthys sandaracatus Whitley, 1943
• Lepadichthys springeri Briggs, 2001 - Springer's clingfish

References

1. Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. (2015): Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 113–122.
2. Fujiwara, Kyoji; Motomura, Hiroyuki (November 2020). "A New Species of Lepadichthys from the Central South Pacific and Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Lepadichthys springeri Briggs, 2001 (Gobiesocidae)" . Copeia. 108 (4): 833–846. doi:10.1643/CI2020036. ISSN   0045-8511.