Briggsia (fish)
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''Briggsia'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
clingfish Clingfishes are ray-finned fishes of the family Gobiesocidae, the only family in the suborder Gobiesocoidei of the order Blenniiformes. These fairly small to very small fishes are widespread in tropical and temperate regions, mostly near the coa ...
es so far only known from Rahah Bay,
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. The only known member of the
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
is ''Briggsia hastingsi''. This species grows to a length of SL. It was described in 2009 from the only known
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by Matthew T. Craig and John E. Randall. The generic name honours the clingfish systematicist
John Carmon Briggs {{Short pages monitor