Lecanogaster
Sign in to saveLecanogaster is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa. The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species was assigned to the genus.
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It is catalogued under topics including Actinopterygii genera, Gobiesocidae and Taxonbars of monotypic genera missing species on Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Lecanogaster is a genus of clingfishes from the family Gobiesocidae. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of west Africa. The genus was designated as a monotypic genus in 1957 by John C. Briggs but in 2017 a second species was assigned to the genus.
==Species== Lecanogaster chrysea Briggs, 1957 Lecanogaster gorgoniphila Fricke & Wirtz, 2017
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