Springeratus
Genus of fishes
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Springeratus is a genus of clinids found in the southwestern Pacific and western Indian Ocean. The generic name honours the American taxonomist and ichthyologist Victor G. Springer.[1]
| Springeratus | |
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| Springeratus xanthosoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Clinidae |
| Genus: | Springeratus S. C. Shen, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Clinus xanthosoma Bleeker, 1857 | |
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Springeratus caledonicus (Sauvage, 1874) (Caledonian weedfish)
- Springeratus polyporatus T. H. Fraser, 1972
- Springeratus xanthosoma (Bleeker, 1857)
