Pseudoblennius
Appearance
Pseudoblennius | |
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P. argenteus | |
P. zonostigma | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Superfamily: | Cottoidea |
Family: | Cottidae |
Subfamily: | Cottinae |
Genus: | Pseudoblennius Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 |
Type species | |
Pseudoblennius percoides |
Pseudoblennius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
[edit]Pseudoblennius was first used as a name by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1850 but they did not designate a type species. Albert Günther designated P. percoides as the type species in 1861.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Pseudoblennius within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[2] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pseudoblennius argenteus (Döderlein, 1887)
- Pseudoblennius cottoides (J. Richardson, 1848)
- Pseudoblennius marmoratus (Döderlein, 1884)
- Pseudoblennius percoides Günther, 1861
- Pseudoblennius totomius D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
- Pseudoblennius zonostigma D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudoblennius". FishBase. December 2012 version.