Acyrtus

Acyrtus
Papillate Clingfish (A. artius)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus:
L. P. Schultz, 1944
Type species
Sicyases rubiginosus
Poey, 1868

Acyrtus is a genus of clingfishes found in the western Atlantic Ocean.[1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

  • Acyrtus artius Briggs, 1955 (Papillate clingfish)
  • Acyrtus lanthanum Conway, C. C. Baldwin & M. D. White, 2014 (Orange-spotted clingfish) [2]
  • Acyrtus pauciradiatus C. L. S. Sampaio, Nunes & L. F. Mendes, 2004
  • Acyrtus rubiginosus Poey, 1868 (Red clingfish)
  • Acyrtus simon Gasparini & Pinheiro, 2022
Papillate Clingfish (A. artius) - Ventral view showing pelvic disk

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acyrtus". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  2. ^ Conway, Kevin W.; Baldwin, Carole; White, Macaulay D. (2014). "Cryptic Diversity and Venom Glands in Western Atlantic Clingfishes of the Genus Acyrtus (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae)". PLOS ONE. 9 (5): e97664. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097664. PMC 4019652. PMID 24825326.


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