Lepidonectes

<i>Lepidonectes</i>

Lepidonectes

Genus of fishes

Lepidonectes is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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Species

There are three species currently recognised within Lepidonectes:[2]

Etymology

The generic name means "scaly swimmer" and refers to the scaled head and body and the scaled patch at the base of the pectoral fin.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Lepidonectes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Lepidonectes in FishBase. April 2019 version.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (29 January 2019). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 May 2019.


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