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Gobiesox Lacepède, 1800
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164458

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):
	Common Name(s):	common clingfishes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Gobiesocoidei
	Family	Gobiesocidae – clingfishes, chupapiedras, crampons
	Genus	Gobiesox Lacepède, 1800 – common clingfishes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Gobiesox adustus Jordan and Gilbert, 1882 – chupapiedra panámica, Panamic clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox aethus (Briggs, 1951) – chupapiedra de Clarión, Clarion clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox barbatulus Starks, 1913 – chupapiedra aristada, lappetlip clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox canidens (Briggs, 1951) – chupapiedra de Socorro, Socorro clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox crassicorpus (Briggs, 1951)
	Species	Gobiesox daedaleus Briggs, 1951
	Species	Gobiesox eugrammus Briggs, 1955 – chupapiedra estriada, lined clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox fluviatilis Briggs and Miller, 1960 – cucharita de río, mountain clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox fulvus Meek, 1907
	Species	Gobiesox juniperoserrai Espinosa Pérez and Castro-Aguirre, 1996 – cucharita peninsular, peninsular clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox juradoensis Fowler, 1944
	Species	Gobiesox lucayanus Briggs, 1963 – Bahama skilletfish
	Species	Gobiesox maeandricus (Girard, 1858) – chupapiedra norteña, northern clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox marijeanae Briggs, 1960 – chupapiedra solita, lonely clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox marmoratus Jenyns, 1842
	Species	Gobiesox mexicanus Briggs and Miller, 1960 – cucharita mexicana, Mexican clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox milleri Briggs, 1955
	Species	Gobiesox multitentaculus (Briggs, 1951)
	Species	Gobiesox nigripinnis (Peters, 1859)
	Species	Gobiesox nudus (Linnaeus, 1758) – riverine clingfish, smooth clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox papillifer Gilbert, 1890 – bearded clingfish, chupapiedra barbona
	Species	Gobiesox pinniger Gilbert, 1890 – chupapiedra renacuajo, tadpole clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox potamius Briggs, 1955
	Species	Gobiesox punctulatus (Poey, 1876) – chupapiedra punteada, stippled clingfish, pequita punteada
	Species	Gobiesox rhessodon Smith, 1881 – California clingfish, chupapiedra californiana
	Species	Gobiesox schultzi Briggs, 1951 – chupapiedra labioliso, smoothlip clingfish
	Species	Gobiesox stenocephalus Briggs, 1955
	Species	Gobiesox strumosus Cope, 1870 – skilletfish, cazoleta
	Species	Gobiesox woodsi (Schultz, 1944)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Wayne C. Starnes
	Notes:	Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA
	Reference for:	Gobiesox

	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Gobiesox

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gobiesox

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes
	Publication Date:	2003
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	Notes:	As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998
	Reference for:	Gobiesox

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Gobiesox

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