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Class: Teleostei
Order: Gobiesociformes
Family: Gobiesocidae Clingfishes and singleslits
Subfamily: Diademichthyinae
Genus: Lepadichthys

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lepadichthys bilineatus Western Indian Ocean 3.7 SL 2015
Lepadichthys caritus Pale clingfish Western Indian Ocean. 3 TL 1969
Lepadichthys coccinotaenia Eyestripe clingfish Western Indian Ocean 4.7 SL 1921
Lepadichthys ctenion Northwestern Indian Ocean 3.8 SL 1963
Lepadichthys erythraeus Western Indian Ocean 3.7 SL 1963
Lepadichthys frenatus Southwestern Pacific 5.7 SL 1904
Lepadichthys lineatus Doubleline clingfish Indo-West Pacific 4.5 TL 1966
Lepadichthys minor Minor clingfish Western Pacific. 2.5 TL 1955
Lepadichthys sandaracatus Eastern Indian Ocean 1943
Lepadichthys springeri Springer's clingfish Western Central Pacific 2.6 SL 2001
Lepadichthys trishula Trident clingfsh Northwest Pacific 3.1 SL 2020



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