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Lecanogaster

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 was assigned to the genus.

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Lecanogaster
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Blenniiformes
Family: Gobiesocidae
Subfamily: Gobiesocinae
Genus: Lecanogaster
Briggs, 1957
Type species
Lecanogaster chrysea
Briggs, 19571

Lecanogaster is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa.2 The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species was assigned to the genus.2

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References

  1. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lecanogaster". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lecanogaster". FishBase. April 2019 version.