Adelotremus is a small genus of combtooth blennies which are found in the Indo-Pacific region. The name of the genus is a compound of the Greek Adelos meaning "concealed" and trema meaning "hole", this was coined to reflect that the type of Adelotremus leptus was discovered hiding in a tube made by a polychaete.[1]
Adelotremus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Blenniiformes |
Family: | Blenniidae |
Subfamily: | Blenniinae |
Genus: | Adelotremus Smith-Vaniz & Rose, 2012 |
Type species | |
Adelotremus leptus Smith-Vaniz & Rose, 2012
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Species
editThere are currently two species recognised in the genus Adelotremus:[2]
- Adelotremus deloachi Smith-Vaniz, 2017 Spotfin fangblenny
- Adelotremus leptus Smith-Vaniz & Rose, 2012
References
edit- ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (26 October 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Family BLENNIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Adelotremus in FishBase. February 2019 version.