Halidesmus

Halidesmus is a genus of ray-finned fishes, the type genus of the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as India,[3] with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.[4]

Halidesmus
Halidesmus scapularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Congrogadinae
Genus: Halidesmus
Günther, 1872[1]
Type species
Halidesmus scapularis
Günther, 1872[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Pholioides Nielsen, 1961
  • Porogrammus Gilchrist & Thompson, 1916
  • Tentaculus Rao & Dutt, 1966

Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus:[5]

  • Halidesmus coccus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994 (Rooster snakelet)
  • Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom, 1982
  • Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 (Snakelet )
  • Halidesmus socotraensis Gill & Zajonz, 2003 (Socotran snakelet)
  • Halidesmus thomaseni (Nielsen, 1961) (Thomasen's snakelet)

References
  1. Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Halidesmus". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Halidesmus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Halidesmus thomaseni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Halidesmus scapularis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Halidesmus Species of 'Halidesmus' in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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