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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

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderPerciformes
  5. FamilyBlenniidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded9,195

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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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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Blenniidae
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Lipophrys pholis Bretagne.jpg
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genus
Commons category
Lipophrys
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Category:Lipophrys
taxon name
Lipophrys
taxonomic type
Lipophrys pholis
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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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