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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
Genus: Pherallodiscus
Species: P. funebris – P. varius
Name

Pherallodiscus Briggs, 1955
References

Pherallodiscus species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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ITIS

Pherallodiscus is a genus of clingfishes native to the central eastern Pacific Ocean along the coast of Mexico. Based on genetic studies the genus should be merged into Gobiesox.[2]
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3]

Pherallodiscus funebris (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (Northern fraildisc clingfish)
Pherallodiscus varius Briggs, 1955 (Southern fraildisc clingfish)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pherallodiscus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
Hastings, P.A.; K.W. Conway (2017). "Gobiesox lanceolatus, a new species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Los Frailes submarine canyon, Gulf of California, Mexico" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4221 (3): 393–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4221.3.8. PMID 28187671.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pherallodiscus". FishBase. October 2012 version.

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