Lipophrys

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Lipophrys
Shanny (L. pholis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Blennioidei
Family: Blenniidae
Genus: Lipophrys
T. N. Gill, 1896
Type species
Blennius pholis
Linnaeus, 1758

Lipophrys is a genus of combtooth blennies found in Atlantic ocean and the Mediterranean sea.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. Almada F., Almada V.C., Guillemaud T., Wirtz P. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of the north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean blenniids. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86(3): 283-295.
  2. 2.0 2.1 http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp&tbl=species&spid=18058
  3. Charousset F. (1986) Un nouveau poisson trouvé en Mediterranée. Lipophrys heuvelmansi nov. spec. (la blennie de Heuvelmans). Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Akademiia nauk SSSR, No. 13: 10-17.
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