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Aspasmodes

Aspasmodes briggsi is a species of clingfish native to the Seychelles. This species grows to a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus. This species was described by J.L.B. Smith in 1957 from a type collected at La Digue, Seychelles. The specific name honours the author of a 1955 monograph on the clingfishes, the American ichthyologist John "Jack" C. Briggs (1920-2018) of the University of Florida.

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Aspasmodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Genus: Aspasmodes
J. L. B. Smith, 1957
Species:
A. briggsi
Binomial name
Aspasmodes briggsi

Aspasmodes briggsi is a species of clingfish native to the Seychelles. This species grows to a length of 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) SL. This species is the only known member of its genus.2 This species was described by J.L.B. Smith in 1957 from a type collected at La Digue, Seychelles.3 The specific name honours the author of a 1955 monograph on the clingfishes, the American ichthyologist John "Jack" C. Briggs (1920-2018) of the University of Florida.4

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References

  1. Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Borsa, P.; Carpenter, K.E.; Jiddawi, N.; Obota, C.; Yahya, S. (2018). "Aspasmodes briggsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T118356183A118356186. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T118356183A118356186.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspasmodes briggsi". FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aspasmodes briggsi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (7 February 2019). "Order GOBIESOCIFORMES (Clingfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 June 2019.