''Lecanogaster'' is a

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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

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Gobiesocidae 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 ...

. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa. The genus was designated as a

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genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species was assigned to the genus.

Species

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Lecanogaster chrysea ''Lecanogaster chrysea'' is a species of clingfish only known from the Atlantic Ocean off of Ghana. This species grows to a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. References * Gobiesocidae Monotypic fis ...

'' Briggs, 1957 *''

Lecanogaster gorgoniphila ''Lecanogaster'' is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa. The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species ...

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& Wirtz, 2017

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2359823 Gobiesocidae Ray-finned fish genera