Biology:Aspasma
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Short description: Genus of fishes
Aspasma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiesociformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Aspasma D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 |
Species: | A. minima
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Binomial name | |
Aspasma minima (Döderlein, 1887)
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Synonyms | |
Lepadogaster minimus Döderlein, 1887 |
Aspasma minima is a species of clingfish found in the Pacific Ocean near the shores of southern Japan . This species grows to 5 cm (2.0 in) in standard length. This species is the only species in the monotypic genus Aspasma.[1] This species was described in 1887 by the German zoologist and paleontologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein from a type collected at a depth of 100-150 fathoms in Sagami Bay, Japan.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Aspasma minima" in FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Lepadogaster minimus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=13369.
Wikidata ☰ Q2473248 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspasma.
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