Chriolepis

Chriolepis is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Chriolepis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
C. H. Gilbert, 1892
Genus: Chriolepis
Type species
Chriolepis minutillus
C. H. Gilbert, 1892
Synonyms
  • Eleotriculus Ginsburg, 1938
  • Pycnomma Rutter, 1904

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Chriolepis atrimelum W. A. Bussing, 1997
  • Chriolepis benthonis Ginsburg, 1953 (Deepwater goby)
  • Chriolepis bilix Hastings & Findley, 2013 (Double-filament goby) [2]
  • Chriolepis cuneata W. A. Bussing, 1990 (Rail goby)
  • Chriolepis dialepta W. A. Bussing, 1990
  • Chriolepis fisheri Herre, 1942 (Translucent goby)
  • Chriolepis lepidota Findley, 1975
  • Chriolepis minutillus C. H. Gilbert, 1892 (Rubble goby)
  • Chriolepis prolata Hastings & Findley, 2015 (Platform goby) [3]
  • Chriolepis roosevelti (Ginsburg, 1939) (Roosevelt's goby)
  • Chriolepis tagus Ginsburg, 1953 (Mystery goby)
  • Chriolepis semisquamata (Rutter, 1904) (Secret goby)
  • Chriolepis vespa Hastings & Bortone, 1981 (Wasp goby)
  • Chriolepis zebra Ginsburg, 1938 (Gecko goby)

Two species, C. bilix and C. prolata, are classified in the genus Pinnichthys by some authorities, as is C. atrimelum[4][5] but this has not been reflected in FishBase.[1]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Chriolepis in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2013): Chriolepis bilix, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from deep waters of the western Atlantic. Zootaxa, 3745 (5): 596–600.
  3. Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2015): Chriolepis prolata, a new species of Atlantic goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the North American continental shelf. Zootaxa, 3904 (4): 589–595.
  4. 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.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chriolepis atrimelus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2018.


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