Biology:Halidesmus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Halidesmus | |
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| Halidesmus scapularis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Family: | Pseudochromidae |
| Subfamily: | Congrogadinae |
| Genus: | Halidesmus Günther, 1872[1] |
| Type species | |
| Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872[2]
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Halidesmus 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 western Indian Ocean as far east as India,[3] with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.[4]
Species
The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus:[5]
- Halidesmus coccus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994 (Rooster snakelet)
- Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom, 1982
- Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 (Snakelet )
- Halidesmus socotraensis Gill & Zajonz, 2003 (Socotran snakelet)
- Halidesmus thomaseni (Nielsen, 1961) (Thomasen's snakelet)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Halidesmus". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. 2014. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204331.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Halidesmus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=3593.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Halidesmus thomaseni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). "Halidesmus scapularis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Halidesmus Species of 'Halidesmus' in FishBase. June 2018 version.
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