Pinnichthys
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]
| Pinnichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Genus: | Pinnichthys Van Tassell, Tornabene & Gilmore, 2016 |
| Type species | |
| Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene 2016[1] | |
Species
Five species have been assigned to this genus:[1]
- Pinnichthys aimoriensis Van Tassell & Tornabene, 2016 (Thiony's goby)
- Pinnichthys atrimela (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)
There are no species listed under this genus in FishBase[2] and the Catalog of Fishes classifies the Pacific species P. atrimela as Chriolepis atrimelus.[3]
References
- 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.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Pinnichthys in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- 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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