Halidesmus
Sign in to saveHalidesmus 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, with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyPseudochromidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Pseudochromidae
- Collections
- LACM, CAS
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Pakistan
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- Congrogadinae
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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, with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.
==Species== The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus: 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)
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