| Mendeleev's clingfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Subfamily: | Diademichthyinae |
| Genus: | Lepadicyathus |
| Species: | L. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Lepadicyathus minor Briggs, 1955 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lepadicyathus mendeleevi Prokofiev, 2005 | |
Mendeleev's clingfish (Lepadicyathus minor) is a species of fish in the family Gobiesocidae endemic to Madang Province in Papua New Guinea. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1] This species was described in 2005 by Artem Mikhailovich Prokofiev, the type being collected near the village of Bongu in Madang Province[2] from the research vessel Dmitrii Mendeleev, referred to in its specific name. The vessel was in turn named in hours of the Russian chemist Dmitrii Mendeleev (1834-1907), the creator of the most widely recognised periodic table.[3]
References
- Fricke, R.; Chen, J.-N.; Chen, W.-J. (2016). "New case of lateral asymmetry in fishes: A new subfamily, genus and species of deep water clingfishes from Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 340 (1): 47–62. doi:10.1016/j.crvi.2016.11.002. PMID 27979388.
- Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lepadicyathus mendeleevi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- 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 14 June 2019.