Opeatogenys cadenati

Opeatogenys cadenati
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Gobiesocidae
Genus:	Opeatogenys
Species:	O. cadenati
Binomial name
Opeatogenys cadenati Briggs, 1957

Opeatogenys cadenati is a species of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic and has been recorded off Ghana, Senegal and Morocco, ^[2] as well as off the Canary Islands. ^[1] This species was described by John C. Briggs in 1957 with a type locality of Chenal de Joal off Senegal. ^[3] Briggs honoured the French ichthyologist Jean Cadenat (1908-1992) who was Director of the Marine Biological Section of the Institut Français d'Afrique Noire in Gorée, Senegal. ^[4]

References

1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Opeatogenys cadenati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T21110723A21907842. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21110723A21907842.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Opeatogenys cadenati". FishBase . April 2019 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Opeatogenys cadenati". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
4. 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.