Biology:Modicus (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Modicus
Modicus minimus.jpg
Modicus minimus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Modicus
Hardy, 1983
Type species
Modicus minimus
Hardy, 1983[1]

Modicus is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the shores of New Zealand.

Characteristics

The genus Modicus is distinguished from closely related genera by the possession of well-developed gill rakers; rays in the pectoral fin; and by having their teeth clustered at the front of either jaw, each jaw having up to two well-developed canines with the lower jaw having a single row of backward curving teeth. There are gill filaments on the first 3 gill arches and the gill membranes are fused medially with the isthmus. The sucker is a double disc formed by the fused pelvic fins.[2]

Species

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

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Modicus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=9354. 
  2. Graham S. Hardy (1983). "A New Genus and Two New Species of Clingfishes (Gobiesocidae) from New Zealand". Copeia 1983 (4): 863–868. doi:10.2307/1445087. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Modicus in FishBase. October 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1911405 entry