Aspasma
Genus of fishes
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Aspasma is a monotypic genus of clingfish found in the Pacific Ocean near the shores of southern Japan. It contains the single species Aspasma ubauo.[2][3] They are a shallow-water nearshore species, associated with seagrass and brown Sargassum seaweed. This species is commonly misidentified as Kopua minima, which is a deepwater species.[1][3]
| Aspasma | |
|---|---|
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| A pair of Aspasma ubauo | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Aspasma D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1902 |
| Species: | A. ubauo |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspasma ubauo Fujiwara & Motomura, 2019 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lepadogaster minimus not Döderlein, 1887(= Aspasma ubauo Fujiwara & Motomura, 2019) | |
