Lipophrys

Lipophrys
Shanny (L. pholis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Lipophrys
T. N. Gill, 1896
Type species
Blennius pholis
Linnaeus, 1758

Lipophrys is a small genus of combtooth blennies found in Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Almada F., Almada V.C., Guillemaud T., Wirtz P. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean blenniids. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86(3): 283-295.
  2. 1 2 http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=species&spid=18058
  3. Charousset F. (1986) Un nouveau poisson trouvé en Mediterranée. Lipophrys heuvelmansi nov. spec. (la blennie de Heuvelmans). Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Akademiia nauk SSSR, No. 13: 10-17.
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