Springeratus

Genus of fishes

Springeratus

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

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]

## Species[edit]

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)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Springeratus in FishBase. April 2013 version.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q2147377
* Wikispecies: Springeratus
* AFD: Springeratus
* BOLD: 498351
* CoL: 7LNV
* GBIF: 2380278
* iNaturalist: 92182
* IRMNG: 1057527
* ITIS: 638304
* NCBI: 1916801
* Plazi: B4665D18-CA92-F0D5-3405-E4DEAEDE0878
* WoRMS: 270952
* ZooBank: BAF0F186-D91C-40D2-82E4-94EC6815B933

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