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: Diademichthyinae
Genus: Lepadichthys
Species: L. akiko – L. bilineatus – L. bolini – L. caritus – L. coccinotaenia – L. ctenion – L. erythraeus – L. frenatus – L. lineatus – L. minor – L. sandaracatus – L. springeri
Name
Lepadichthys Waite, 1904
Type species: Lepadichthys frenatus Waite, 1904
References
Waite, E.R. 1904. Additions to the fish fauna of Lord Howe Island, No. 4. Records of the Australian Museum 5(3): 135–186, Pls. 17–24. PDFReference page.
Fujiwara, K. & Motomura, H. 2019. Validity of Lepadichthys misakius (Tanaka 1908) and redescription of Lepadichthys frenatus Waite 1904 (Gobiesocidae: Diademichthyinae). Zootaxa 4551(3): 275–298. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.3.2 Paywall Reference page.
Links
Lepadichthys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
ITIS
Lepadichthys is a genus of clingfishes native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:
Lepadichthys bilineatus M. T. Craig, Bogorodsky & J. E. Randall, 2015[1]
Lepadichthys caritus Briggs, 1969 - Pale clingfish
Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Regan, 1921 - Eye-stripe clingfish
Lepadichthys conwayi Fujiwara & Motomura, 2020[2]
Lepadichthys ctenion Briggs & Link, 1963
Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs & Link, 1963[1]
Lepadichthys frenatus Waite, 1904
Lepadichthys lineatus Briggs, 1966 - Double-line clingfish
Lepadichthys minor Briggs, 1955 - Minor clingfish
Lepadichthys sandaracatus Whitley, 1943
Lepadichthys springeri Briggs, 2001 - Springer's clingfish
References
Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. (2015): Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 113–122.
Fujiwara, Kyoji; Motomura, Hiroyuki (November 2020). "A New Species of Lepadichthys from the Central South Pacific and Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Lepadichthys springeri Briggs, 2001 (Gobiesocidae)". Copeia. 108 (4): 833–846. doi:10.1643/CI2020036. ISSN 0045-8511.
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