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Lepadichthys
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<h2 id="species">Species</h2> <p>There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus: </p> <ul><li><i>Lepadichthys bilineatus</i> M. T. Craig, Bogorodsky & J. E. Randall, 2015<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadichthys_caritus/Y2ckMPoU">Lepadichthys caritus</a></i> <a href="/facts/John_Carmon_Briggs/8UwLEQDf">Briggs</a>, 1969 - Pale clingfish</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadichthys_coccinotaenia/Y2ckMPoU">Lepadichthys coccinotaenia</a></i> Regan, 1921 - Eye-stripe clingfish</li> <li><i>Lepadichthys conwayi</i> Fujiwara & <a href="/facts/Hiroyuki_Motomura/5XJph6Et">Motomura</a>, 2020<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><i>Lepadichthys ctenion</i> <a href="/facts/John_Carmon_Briggs/8UwLEQDf">Briggs</a> & Link, 1963</li> <li><i>Lepadichthys erythraeus</i> <a href="/facts/John_Carmon_Briggs/8UwLEQDf">Briggs</a> & Link, 1963<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadichthys_frenatus/btH4jdDc">Lepadichthys frenatus</a></i> <a href="/facts/Edgar_Ravenswood_Waite/56Efsdlq">Waite</a>, 1904</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadichthys_lineatus/4WLTMNJw">Lepadichthys lineatus</a></i> <a href="/facts/John_Carmon_Briggs/8UwLEQDf">Briggs</a>, 1966 - Double-line clingfish</li> <li><i>Lepadichthys minor</i> <a href="/facts/John_Carmon_Briggs/8UwLEQDf">Briggs</a>, 1955 - Minor clingfish</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Lepadichthys_sandaracatus/CqLPHKAz">Lepadichthys sandaracatus</a></i> Whitley, 1943</li> <li><i>Lepadichthys springeri</i> <a href="/facts/John_Carmon_Briggs/8UwLEQDf">Briggs</a>, 2001 - Springer's clingfish</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. (2015): Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 113–122. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Fujiwara, Kyoji; Motomura, Hiroyuki (November 2020). "A New Species of Lepadichthys from the Central South Pacific and Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Lepadichthys springeri Briggs, 2001 (Gobiesocidae)". Copeia. 108 (4): 833–846. doi:10.1643/CI2020036. ISSN 0045-8511. <a href="https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-4/CI2020036/A-New-Species-of-Lepadichthys-from-the-Central-South-Pacific/10.1643/CI2020036.full" target="_blank">https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-4/CI2020036/A-New-Species-of-Lepadichthys-from-the-Central-South-Pacific/10.1643/CI2020036.full</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Craig, M.T., Bogorodsky, S.V., Randall, J.E. & Mal, A.O. (2015): Lepadichthys bilineatus, a new species of clingfish from Oman (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae), with a redescription of Lepadichthys erythraeus Briggs and Link from the Red Sea. Zootaxa, 3990 (1): 113–122. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>