Halidesmus

Life-forms

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

Familia: Pseudochromidae
Subfamilia: Congrogadinae
Genus: Halidesmus
Species: H. coccus – H. polytretus – H. scapularis – H. socotraensis – H. thomaseni –
Name

Halidesmus Günther, 1872
References

Halidesmus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Halidesmus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Halidesmus scapularis

Halidesmus is a genus of ray-finned fishes, the type genus of the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as India,[3] with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.[4]
Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus:[5]

Halidesmus coccus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994 (Rooster snakelet)
Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom, 1982
Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872 (Snakelet )
Halidesmus socotraensis Gill & Zajonz, 2003 (Socotran snakelet)
Halidesmus thomaseni (Nielsen, 1961) (Thomasen's snakelet)

References

Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Halidesmus". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Halidesmus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Halidesmus thomaseni" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2018). "Halidesmus scapularis" in FishBase. June 2018 version.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Halidesmus Species of 'Halidesmus' in FishBase. June 2018 version.