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Chriolepis

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Chriolepis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Gobiiformes
Family: Gobiidae
C. H. Gilbert, 1892
Genus: Chriolepis
Type species
Chriolepis minutillus
C. H. Gilbert, 1892
Synonyms
  • Eleotriculus Ginsburg, 1938
  • Pycnomma Rutter, 1904

Chriolepis is a genus of gobies native to the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.

Species

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There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[1]

Two species, C. bilix and C. prolata, are classified in the genus Pinnichthys by some authorities, as is C. atrimelum[4][5] but this has not been reflected in FishBase.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Chriolepis". FishBase. June 2018 version.
  2. ^ Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2013): Chriolepis bilix, a new species of goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from deep waters of the western Atlantic. Zootaxa, 3745 (5): 596–600.
  3. ^ Hastings, P.A. & Findley, L.T. (2015): Chriolepis prolata, a new species of Atlantic goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the North American continental shelf. Zootaxa, 3904 (4): 589–595.
  4. ^ Luke Tornabene; James L. Van Tassell; Richard G. Gilmore; et al. (2016). "Molecular phylogeny, analysis of character evolution, and submersible collections enable a new classification of a diverse group of gobies (Teleostei: Gobiidae: Nes subgroup), including nine new species and four new genera". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177 (4): 764–812. doi:10.1111/zoj.12394.
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Chriolepis atrimelus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2018.