Aspasma
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Aspasma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Gobiesocidae |
Genus: | Aspasma D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 |
Species: | A. minima
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Binomial name | |
Aspasma minima (Döderlein, 1887)
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Synonyms | |
Lepadogaster minimus Döderlein, 1887 |
Aspasma minima is a species of clingfish found in the Pacific Ocean near the shores of southern Japan. This species grows to 5 cm (2.0 in) in standard length. This species is the only species in the monotypic genus Aspasma.[1] This species was described in 1887 by the German zoologist and paleontologist Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein from a type collected at a depth of 100-150 fathoms in Sagami Bay, Japan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspasma minima". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lepadogaster minimus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.