Lepidonectes

Lepidonectes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Tripterygiidae
Subfamily: Tripterygiinae
Genus: Lepidonectes
W. A. Bussing (ex Rosenblatt), 1991
Type species
Enneapterygius corallicola
Species

See text.

Lepidonectes is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are three species currently recognised within Lepidonectes:

Etymology

The generic name means "scaly swimmer" and refers to the scaled head and body and the scaled patch at the base of the pectoral fin.

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lepidonectes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidonectes". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 May 2019.