Biology:Haliophis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Haliophis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Family: Pseudochromidae
Subfamily: Congrogadinae
Genus: Haliophis
Rüppell, 1829[1]
Type species
Muraena guttata

Haliophis 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 Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean.

Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus:[3]

  • Haliophis aethiopus Winterbottom, 1985 (Bali eelblenny)
  • Haliophis diademus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994 (Stars-and-stripes snakelet )
  • Haliophis guttatus (Forsskål, 1775) (African eel blenny)

References

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