Pseudoblennius
Genus of fishes
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Pseudoblennius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
| Pseudoblennius | |
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| P. argenteus | |
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| P. zonostigma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Pseudoblennius Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pseudoblennius percoides | |
Taxonomy
Pseudoblennius was first used as a name by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1850 but they did not designate a type species. Albert Günther designated P. percoides as the type species in 1861.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Pseudoblennius within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[2] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pseudoblennius argenteus (Döderlein, 1887)
- Pseudoblennius cottoides (J. Richardson, 1848)
- Pseudoblennius marmoratus (Döderlein, 1884)
- Pseudoblennius percoides Günther, 1861
- Pseudoblennius totomius D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
- Pseudoblennius zonostigma D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904