Philypnodon
Appearance
Philypnodon | |
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Philypnodon grandiceps | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Gobiiformes |
Family: | Eleotridae |
Genus: | Philypnodon Bleeker, 1874 |
Type species | |
Eleotris nudiceps |
Philypnodon is a genus of fishes in the family Eleotridae endemic to Australia and the coastal waters around it.
Species
[edit]Two species in this genus are recognized,[1][2] though molecular studies indicate another undescribed species similar to the dwarf flathead gudgeon from the Lang Lang River in Victoria.[3]
- Philypnodon grandiceps (J. L. G. Krefft, 1864) (flathead gudgeon)
- Philypnodon macrostomus Hoese & Reader, 2006 (dwarf flathead gudgeon)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Eschmeyer, W. N. and R. Fricke (eds) (1 March 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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has generic name (help) - ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Philypnodon". FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Thacker, Christine E.; Unmack, Peter J.; Matsui, Lauren; Duong Phil; Huang, Eric (2008). "Phylogeography of Philypnodon species (Teleostei: Eleotridae) across south-eastern Australia: testing patterns of connectivity across drainage divides and among coastal rivers" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 95: 175–92. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01000.x. S2CID 85865731.