Gunnellichthys
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''Gunnellichthys'' 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 wormfishes native to the
Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...
to the central
Pacific Ocean The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five Borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is ...
.


Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus: * '' Gunnellichthys copleyi'' (
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1951)
* '' Gunnellichthys curiosus'' C. E. Dawson, 1968 (Curious wormfish) * '' Gunnellichthys grandoculis'' ( Kendall & Goldsborough, 1911) * '' Gunnellichthys irideus''
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1958
* '' Gunnellichthys monostigma''
J. L. B. Smith James Leonard Brierley Smith (26 September 1897 – 8 January 1968) was a South African ichthyology, ichthyologist, organic chemist, and university professor. He was the first to identify a taxidermied fish as a coelacanth, at the time thought t ...
, 1958
(Onespot wormfish) * '' Gunnellichthys pleurotaenia'' Bleeker, 1858 (Onestripe wormfish) * '' Gunnellichthys viridescens'' C. E. Dawson, 1968 (Yellowstripe wormfish)


References

Microdesmidae Gobiidae Marine fish genera Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Gobiidae-stub