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
Superordo: Blenniimorphae
Ordo: Blenniiformes
Subordo: Blennioidei
Familia: Labrisomidae
Genus: Malacoctenus
Species: M. africanus – M. aurolineatus – M. boehlkei – M. brunoi – M. costaricanus – M. delalandii – M. ebisui – M. erdmani – M. gigas – M. gilli – M. hubbsi – M. macropus – M. margaritae – M. mexicanus – M. polyporosus – M. sudensis – M. tetranemus – M. triangulatus – M. versicolor – M. zacae – M. zonifer – M. zonogaster
Name
Malacoctenus Gill, 1860: 103
Type species: Clinus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
Type by monotypy
Gender: masculine
Synonymy
Tagusa Herre, 1935: 434
References
Malacoctenus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Gill, T.N. 1860: Monograph of the genus Labrosomus Sw. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12: 102–108.
Guimarães, R.Z.P.; Nunan, G.W.; Gasparini, J.L. 2010: Malacoctenus brunoi sp. n. (Blennioidei: Labrisomidae), a new scaled-blenny from Trindade Island, off Brazil. Zootaxa, 2567: 50–56. Preview
Links
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Malacoctenus is a genus of labrisomid blennies native to the eastern Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Species
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:
Malacoctenus africanus Cadenat, 1951
Malacoctenus aurolineatus C. L. Smith, 1957 (Goldline blenny)
Malacoctenus boehlkei V. G. Springer, 1959 (Diamond blenny)
Malacoctenus brunoi R. Z. P. Guimarães, Nunan (pt) & Gasparini, 2010
Malacoctenus carrowi Wirtz, 2014 [3]
Malacoctenus costaricanus V. G. Springer, 1959
Malacoctenus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
Malacoctenus ebisui V. G. Springer, 1959 (Fishgod blenny)
Malacoctenus erdmani C. L. Smith, 1957
Malacoctenus gigas V. G. Springer, 1959 (Sonora blenny)
Malacoctenus gilli Steindachner, 1867 (Dusky blenny)
Malacoctenus hubbsi V. G. Springer, 1959 (Redside blenny)
Malacoctenus macropus Poey, 1868 (Rosy blenny)
Malacoctenus margaritae Fowler, 1944 (Margarita blenny)
Malacoctenus mexicanus V. G. Springer, 1959
Malacoctenus polyporosus V. G. Springer, 1959
Malacoctenus sudensis V. G. Springer, 1959
Malacoctenus tetranemus Cope, 1877 (Throatspotted blenny)
Malacoctenus triangulatus V. G. Springer, 1959 (Saddled blenny)
Malacoctenus versicolor Poey, 1876 (Barfin blenny)
Malacoctenus zacae V. G. Springer, 1959 (Zaca blenny)
Malacoctenus zonifer D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Glossy blenny)
Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass, 1903 (Belted blenny)
External links
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labrisomidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malacoctenus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
Wirtz, P. (2014): A new species of Malacoctenus from the Cape Verde Islands, eastern Atlantic (Pisces Teleostei, Labrisomidae). Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences, 31: 15-20.
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