Trachelochismus

Genus of fishes

Trachelochismus
New Zealand lumpfish Trachelochismus pinnatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Trachelochismus
Brisout de Barneville, 1846
Type species
Cyclopterus pinnulatus
Forster, 1844[1]

Trachelochismus is a genus of clingfishes endemic to the shores of New Zealand, with currently three recognized species:[2]

  • Trachelochismus aestuarium Conway, Stewart & King 2017[3]
  • Trachelochismus melobesia Phillipps, 1927 (striped clingfish)
  • Trachelochismus pinnulatus (J. R. Forster, 1801)

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Trachelochismus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Trachelochismus". FishBase. October 2012 version.
  3. ^ Kevin W. Conway; Andrew L. Stewart & Cragen King (2017). "A new species of the clingfish genus Trachelochismus from bay and estuarine areas of New Zealand (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)". Zootaxa. 4319 (3).
Taxon identifiers
Trachelochismus


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