Neostethus

Neostethus
Neostethus lankesteri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Atheriniformes
Family: Phallostethidae
Subfamily: Phallostethinae
Genus: Neostethus
Regan, 1916
Type species
Neostethus lankesteri
Regan, 1916
Synonyms
  • Plectrostethus G. S. Myers, 1935
  • Ceratostethus G. S. Myers, 1937
  • Ctenophallus Herre, 1939
  • Sandakanus Herre, 1942
  • Solenophallus Herre, 1953

Neostethus is a genus of fishes in the family Phallostethidae, native to freshwater and brackish habitats in southeast Asia, with the majority of the species restricted to the Philippines.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Neostethus". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  2. ↑ Parenti, L.R. (2014): A new species of Neostethus (Teleostei; Atherinomorpha; Phallostethidae) from Brunei Darussalam, with comments on northwestern Borneo as an area of endemism. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62: 175–187.