Erdmannichthys is a monotypic genus of clingfish found in the western Pacific Ocean in Indonesia. The only species is Erdmannichthys alorensis which was described by Gerald R. Allen and Mark Erdmann in 2012 from a type collected at submerged reef in the Alor Strait, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia at a depth of 16 metres (52 ft).[2] It is apparently associated with sponges.[3]
| Erdmannichthys | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Erdmannichthys Conway, Fujiwara, Motomura & Summers, 2021 |
| Species: | E. alorensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Erdmannichthys alorensis (G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aspasmichthys alorensis Allen & Erdmann, 2012 | |
References
edit- ↑ Conway, K.W.; Fujiwara, K. (2025). "Erdmannichthys alorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T241149424A241149427. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T241149424A241149427.en. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Aspasmichthys alorensis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aspasmichthys alorensis". FishBase. April 2019 version.
- Kevin W. Conway; Kyoji Fujiwara; Hiroyuki Motomura; Adam P Summers (October 2021). "Erdmannichthys, a new genus of Gobiesocidae (Teleostei: Gobiesociformes), and notes on the rare clingfish E. alorensis (Allen & Erdmann, 2012), new combination". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 69: 428–437. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2021-0062.
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