Biology:Cerdale

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Cerdale
FMIB 50670 Cerdale ionthas Jordan & Gilbert Panama.jpeg
Cerdale ionthas
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
Subfamily: Microdesminae
Genus: Cerdale
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882
Type species
Cerdale ionthas
D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882

Cerdale is a genus of wormfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species

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

  • Cerdale fasciata C. E. Dawson, 1974
  • Cerdale floridana Longley, 1934 (Pugjaw wormfish)
  • Cerdale ionthas D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Spotted worm goby)
  • Cerdale paludicola C. E. Dawson, 1974
  • Cerdale prolata C. E. Dawson, 1974

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Cerdale in FishBase. December 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2318676 entry