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Gobiesox
Lacepède, 1800
- clingfish
(fish)
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Entity:
Gobiesocinae (Subfamily) - New World clingfishes
..Acyrtops (Genus)
..Acyrtus (Genus)
..Arcos (Genus)
..Derilissus (Genus)
..Rimicola (Genus)
..Sicyases (Genus)
..Tomicodon (Genus)
..Gobiesox (Genus) - clingfish
....Gobiesox adustus (Species) - Panamic clingfish
....Gobiesox aethus (Species)
....Gobiesox barbatulus (Species)
....Gobiesox canidens (Species)
....Gobiesox crassicorpus (Species)
....Gobiesox daedaleus (Species)
....Gobiesox eugrammus (Species) - lined clingfish
....Gobiesox fluviatilis (Species)
....Gobiesox fulvus (Species)
....Gobiesox juniperoserrai (Species)
....Gobiesox juradoensis (Species)
....Gobiesox lucayanus (Species) - Bahama skilletfish
....Gobiesox maeandricus (Species) - northern clingfish
....Gobiesox marijeanae (Species)
....Gobiesox marmoratus (Species)
....Gobiesox mexicanus (Species)
....Gobiesox milleri (Species)
....Gobiesox multitentaculus (Species)
....Gobiesox nigripinnis (Species)
....Gobiesox nudus (Species)
....Gobiesox papillifer (Species) - bearded clingfish
....Gobiesox pinniger (Species)
....Gobiesox potamius (Species)
....Gobiesox punctulatus (Species) - stippled clingfish
....Gobiesox rhessodon (Species) - California clingfish
....Gobiesox schultzi (Species)
....Gobiesox stenocephalus (Species)
....Gobiesox strumosus (Species) - skilletfish
....Gobiesox woodsi (Species) - Woods' clingfish
Authorship
Original name
:
Lacepède, 1800. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 2, 595.
Types
Type of
:
Gobiesocidae
(Family)
Bleeker, 1859
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 418; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Gobiesociformes
(Order)
Gill, 1872
Type of
:
Gobiesocinae
(Subfamily)
Bleeker, 1859
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025; [<17 Aug 2025].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Gobiesocoidei
(Suborder)
Bertin & Arambourg, 1958
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 418; 30 Apr 2012.
[inferred]
Variants
Different spelling
:
Gobiescox
(Genus)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Pherallodiscus
(Genus)
Briggs, 1955
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025.
Including
:
Bryssetaeres
(Genus)
Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Including
:
Caularchus
(Genus)
Gill, 1862
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
clingfish
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 684.
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Last updated:
21 Sep 2025