''Aspasmichthys'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
clingfish
Clingfishes are fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the order Gobiesociformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coast, but a few species in deeper seas or ...
es from the western Pacific Ocean.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
[
* '' Aspasmichthys alorensis'' G. R. Allen & ]Erdmann Erdmann is a first name and surname, and may refer to:
Surname
*Carl Erdmann (1898—1945), German historian
*Eduard Erdmann (1896—1958), Baltic German pianist and composer
*Hans Otto Erdmann (1896–1944), member of the German resistance
*Hugo E ...
, 2012[Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. (2012): Reef Fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. 1292pp. University of Hawai'i Press. ]
* ''Aspasmichthys ciconiae
''Aspasmichthys ciconiae'' is a species of clingfish found along Pacific coasts from Japan through Taiwan. This species grows to a length of SL. The species was described by David Starr Jordan and Henry Weed Fowler in 1902 from types collecte ...
'' ( D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902)
References
Gobiesocidae
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