Cerdale
Genus of fishes
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Cerdale is a genus of wormfishes native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the eastern Pacific Ocean.[1]
| Cerdale | |
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| Cerdale ionthas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Gobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdesminae |
| Genus: | Cerdale D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Cerdale ionthas D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 | |
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Cerdale fasciata C. E. Dawson, 1974
- Cerdale floridana Longley, 1934 (Pugjaw wormfish)
- Cerdale ionthas D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882 (Spotted worm goby)
- Cerdale paludicola C. E. Dawson, 1974
- Cerdale prolata C. E. Dawson, 1974
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