Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Ovalentaria
Subordo: Gobiesocoidei
Familia: Gobiesocidae
Subfamilia: Diplocrepinae
Genus: Flexor
Species (1): F. incus
Name
Flexor Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018: 78
Type species: Flexor incus Conway, Stewart & Summers, 2018, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references
Conway, K.W., Stewart, A.L. & Summers, A.P. 2018. A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). ZooKeys 786: 75–104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.786.28539 Reference page.
Flexor is a genus of clingfish from the family Gobiesocidae. It is a monotypic genus, the sole member of which Flexor incus was described in 2018 by Kevin W. Conway, Andrew L. Stewart and Adam P. Summers from type specimens collected on Raoul Island and L'Esperance Rock in the Kermadec Islands. An unknown species of clingfish was known to occur in the Kermadecs and it had been provisionally assigned to the genus Aspasmogaster. When examined, the specimens proved to belong to a new genus which they name Flexor, in reference to the flexibility of clingfishes, and incus (which means "anvil"), a reference to the anvil-like shape of the type locality, Raoul Island.[2]
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Flexor". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
Conway KW; Stewart AL; Summers AP (2018). "A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangitāhua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae)". ZooKeys (786): 75–104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.786.28539. PMC 6168618. PMID 30283237.
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