Haliophis

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: Haliophis
Species: H. aethiopus – H. diademus – H. guttatus
Name

Haliophis Rüppell, 1829

References

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

Vernacular names

Haliophis 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 Indian Ocean and in the western Pacific Ocean.
Species

The following species are classified in the genus Halidesmus:[3]

Haliophis aethiopus Winterbottom, 1985 (Bali eelblenny)
Haliophis diademus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994 (Stars-and-stripes snakelet )
Haliophis guttatus (Forsskål, 1775) (African eel blenny)

References

Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Haliophis Rüppell, 1829". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Haliophis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Haliophis Species of 'Haliophis' in FishBase. June 2018 version.