Pherallodus

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Pherallodus
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Pherallodus indicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Pherallodus
Briggs, 1955
Species:
P. indicus
Binomial name
Pherallodus indicus
(Weber, 1913)

Pherallodus is an Indo-Pacific genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. The only recognized species in this genus is Pherallodus indicus, described by M. C. W. Weber in 1913 as Crepidogaster indicus, but as this was preoccupied it was later moved to Lepadichthys . [1]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pherallodus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 April 2025.