Biology:Discotrema

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Discotrema is a genus of clingfishes found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific where they live on crinoids. These tiny fish have distinctive pattern consisting of long white or yellow lines along their body,[1] except D. nigrum which has no stripes.[2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Discotrema crinophilum Briggs, 1976 (Crinoid clingfish)
  • Discotrema monogrammum Craig & J. E. Randall, 2008 (Oneline clingfish)
  • Discotrema nigrum (Fricke, 2014) (Black crinoid clingfish)
  • Discotrema zonatum Craig & J. E. Randall, 2008

References

  1. ↑ Craig, M.T.; J.E. Randall (2008). "Two New Species of the Indo-Pacific Clingfish Genus Discotrema (Gobiesocidae)". Copeia 2008 (1): 68–74. doi:10.1643/ci-07-025. 
  2. ↑ Fricke, R. (2014). "Unguitrema nigrum, a new genus and species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Madang, Papua New Guinea". Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 13: 35–42. http://www.oceansciencefoundation.org/josf/josf13d.pdf. 
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Discotrema". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Discotrema. 

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