Discotrema

Discotrema
Discotrema crinophilum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Diademichthyinae
Genus: Discotrema
Briggs, 1976
Type species
Discotrema crinophila
Briggs, 1976
Synonyms

Unguitrema Fricke, 2014

Discotrema is a genus of clingfishes found on reefs in the Indo-Pacific where they live on crinoids. These tiny fish have distinctive pattern consisting of long white or yellow lines along their body, except D. nigrum which has no stripes.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ↑ Craig, M.T.; J.E. Randall (2008). "Two New Species of the Indo-Pacific Clingfish Genus Discotrema (Gobiesocidae)". Copeia. 2008 (1): 68–74. doi:10.1643/ci-07-025.
  2. ↑ Fricke, R. (2014). "Unguitrema nigrum, a new genus and species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Madang, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 13: 35–42.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Discotrema". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 May 2026.