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Streaky clingfish

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Streaky clingfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Lissonanchus
Species:
L. lusheri
Binomial name
Lissonanchus lusheri

The streaky clingfish (Lissonanchus lusheri) is a species of clingfish only known from one specimen collected off the coast of southern Mozambique. The length of the only known specimen was 2.1 centimetres (0.83 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2] The single known specimen was collected at Ponte Zavora in southern Mozambique[3] by Mrs D.N. Lusher, who sent it to J.L.B. Smith. Smith described the species from this type and named it in honour of Mrs Lusher, so the spelling should be lusherae to reflect her gender.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Carpenter, K.E.; Borsa, P.; Jiddawi, N.; Obota, C.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Yahya, S. (2018). "Lissonanchus lusheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T118356930A118356933. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T118356930A118356933.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lissonanchus lusheri". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lissonanchus lusheri". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (7 February 2019). "Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 June 2019.