Pinnichthys

Pinnichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Gobiiformes
Family:	Gobiidae
Subfamily:	Gobiinae
Genus:	Pinnichthys ; Van Tassell, Tornabene & Gilmore, 2016
Type species
	Pinnichthys aimoriensis; Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016

Last updated October 01, 2025

Pinnichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish from the family Gobiidae. They are found in the western Atlantic and the eastern Pacific, the genus was named in 2016.^[1] Three species previously classified in the genus Chriolepis have been included in Pinnichthys.^[1]

Species

Five species have been assigned to this genus:^[2]

Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016 (Thiony's goby)
Pinnichthys atrimelum (Bussing, 1997) (Black-cheek goby)
Pinnichthys bilix (Hastings & Findley, 2013) (Double-filament goby)
Pinnichthys prolata (Hastings & Findley, 2015) (Platform goby)
Pinnichthys saurimimica Gilmore, Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016 (Lizardfish goby)

References

1 2 3 Luke Tornabene; James L. Van Tassell; Richard G. Gilmore; et al. (2016). "Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 764–812. doi:10.1111/zoj.12394.
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pinnichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 September 2025.

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[TVT-1] 1 2 3 Luke Tornabene; James L. Van Tassell; Richard G. Gilmore; et al. (2016). "Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 764–812. doi:10.1111/zoj.12394.

[2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pinnichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 September 2025.

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