Flabellicauda

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Flabellicauda
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Flabellicauda
Fujiwara, Conway & Motomura, 2021
Type species
Flabellicauda alleni
Fujiwara, Conway & Motomura, 2021

Flabellicauda is a genus of clingfishes from the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. [1] [2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Fujiwara, Kyoji; Conway, Kevin W.; Motomura, Hiroyuki (2021-09-10). "Description of a New Genus and Two New Species of Indo-Pacific Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae) with Redescription and Reassignment of Two Species Previously Assigned to Lepadichthys Waite, 1904". Ichthyology & Herpetology. doi:10.1643/i2020132 . Retrieved 2022-07-16.
  2. Bray, D.J. (2022). "Flabellicauda". fishesofaustralia.net.au. Museums Victoria. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN   978-0-9872600-0-0.