''Aspasmogaster'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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 native to the
Indian
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Peoples South Asia
* Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor
** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country
* South Asia ...
and
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the contine ...
s.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Aspasmogaster costata''
( J. D. Ogilby, 1885) (Eastern clingfish)
* ''
Aspasmogaster liorhyncha''
Briggs, 1955 (Smooth-snout clingfish)
* ''
Aspasmogaster occidentalis''
Hutchins, 1984
* ''
Aspasmogaster tasmaniensis''
( Günther, 1861) (Tasmanian clingfish)
References
Gobiesocidae
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