Lipophrys
Sign in to saveLipophrys is a small genus of combtooth blennies found in Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae. The generic name is made up of the Greek words meaning "want" or "absence" and meaning "eyebrow" referring to the lack of any cirri over the eyes in the type species L. pholis.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderPerciformes
- FamilyBlenniidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Blenniidae
- Collections
- TCWC, CAS
- Recorded in
- Greece, Sao Tome And Principe
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- Blenniidae
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Lipophrys is a small genus of combtooth blennies found in Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae. The generic name is made up of the Greek words meaning "want" or "absence" and meaning "eyebrow" referring to the lack of any cirri over the eyes in the type species L. pholis.
==Species== There are currently two recognized species in this genus: Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Shanny) Lipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836)
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