Biology:Grammonus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Grammonus
Grammonus Thielei.jpg
Grammonus thielei
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Ophidiiformes
Family: Bythitidae
Subfamily: Bythitinae
Genus: Grammonus
T. N. Gill, 1896
Type species
Oligopus ater
Risso, 1810[1]
Synonyms
  • Bathystorreus Howell-Rivero, 1934
  • Eutyx Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
  • Gadopsis De Filippi], 1855
  • Grammonoides Smith, 1948
  • Leptopodus Goldfuss, 1820

Grammonus is a genus of viviparous brotula.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Grammonus ater (A. Risso, 1810)
  • Grammonus claudei (Torre y Huerta, 1930) (Reef-cave brotula)
  • Grammonus diagrammus (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903) (Purple brotula)
  • Grammonus longhursti (Cohen, 1964)
  • Grammonus minutus J. G. Nielsen & Prokofiev, 2010
  • Grammonus nagaredai J. E. Randall & Hughes, 2008
  • Grammonus opisthodon J. L. B. Smith, 1934 (Bighead brotula)
  • Grammonus robustus H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
  • Grammonus thielei J. G. Nielsen & Cohen, 2004
  • Grammonus waikiki (Cohen, 1964)
  • Grammonus yunokawai J. G. Nielsen, 2007

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Grammonus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=9416. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Grammonus in FishBase. June 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q4489415 entry