Biology:Lecanogaster
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Lecanogaster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiesociformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Gobiesocinae |
| Genus: | Lecanogaster Briggs, 1957 |
| Type species | |
| Lecanogaster chrysea Briggs, 1957[1]
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Lecanogaster is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa.[2] The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species was assigned to the genus.[2]
Species
- Lecanogaster chrysea Briggs, 1957
- Lecanogaster gorgoniphila Fricke & Wirtz, 2017
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Lecanogaster". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=7138.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Lecanogaster in FishBase. April 2019 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2359823 entry
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