Lipophrys is a small genus of combtooth blennies found in Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of 57 genera in the family Blenniidae. The generic name is made up of the Greek words lipo meaning "want" or "absence" and phrys meaning "eyebrow" referring to the lack of any cirri over the eyes in the type species L. pholis.[2]
| Lipophrys | |
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| Shanny (L. pholis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Blenniidae |
| Subfamily: | Salarinae |
| Genus: | Lipophrys T. N. Gill, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Blennius pholis Linnaeus, 1758[1]
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[3][4][1]
- Lipophrys pholis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Shanny)
- Lipophrys trigloides (Valenciennes, 1836)
A third species was described from the Adriatic Sea by the French ichthyologist François Charrousset (fr) from two specimens and given the name Lipophrys heuvelmansi.[5] However, in 2015 a comparison of these specimens with another species of combtooth blenny showed that L. heuvelsmani was a junior synonym of Microlipophrys canevae.[6] Another species Lipophrys adriaticus is recognised by some authorities[7] but Fishbase classifies this species as Microlipophrys adriaticus.[8]
References
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- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lipophrys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ 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 11 March 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lipophrys". FishBase. February 2019 version.
- ^ Almada F.; Almada V.C.; Guillemaud T.; Wirtz P. (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean blenniids" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86 (3): 283–295. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00519.x.
- ^ Charousset, F. (1986). "Un nouveau poisson trouvé en Mediterranée Lipophrys heuvelmansi nov. spec. (la blennie de Heuvelmans)". Clin Oeil (13): 10–17.
- ^ Francisco Tiralongo; Emanuele Mancini; Fabio Russo; Lorenzo Rossi (2015). "Lipophrys heuvelsmani Charrouset, 1986 {Pisces, Blennidae) History and Identity of a Fish". Il Naturalista Siciliano. 39: 97–103.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Blennius adriaticus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Microliphophrys". FishBase. February 2018 version.
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