Natalichthys

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: Natalichthys
Species: N. leptus – N. ori – N. sam
Name

Natalichthys Winterbottom, 1980
References

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

Vernacular names

Natalichthys is a genus of ray-finned fishes, classified under the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of South Africa, the genus being named after Natal, where all three species in the genus are so far restricted to.[3]
Species

The following species are classified in the genus Natalichthys:[4]

Natalichthys leptus Winterbottom, 1980 (Pencil snakelet)
Natalichthys ori Winterbottom, 1980 (Natal snakelet)
Natalichthys sam Winterbottom, 1980 (Nail snakelet)

References

Bailly N, ed. (2014). "Natalichthys Smith, 1952". FishBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Natalichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (30 April 2018). "Subseries OVALENTARIA (Incertae sedis): Family PSEUDOCHROMIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Natalichthys Species of 'Natalichthys' in FishBase. June 2018 version.