Biology:Lecanogaster

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Lecanogaster
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Lecanogaster
Briggs, 1957
Type species
Lecanogaster chrysea
Briggs, 1957[1]

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2359823 entry