Black crinoid clingfish
| Black crinoid clingfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Blenniiformes |
| Family: | Gobiesocidae |
| Genus: | Discotrema |
| Species: | D. nigrum |
| Binomial name | |
| Discotrema nigrum | |
| Synonyms | |
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Unguitrema nigrum Fricke, 2014 | |
Discotrema nigrum, also known as the Black crinoid clingfish, is a species of clingfish endemic to Papua New Guinea. This species occurs Madang Lagoon in Madang District, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. This species was the only known member of Unguitrema.[1] It was collected from a crinoid, Oxycomanthus bennetti, of the black phase.[2]
References
- 1 2 Fricke, R. (2014). "Unguitrema nigrum, a new genus and species of clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Madang, Papua New Guinea" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 13: 35–42.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Discotrema nigrum". FishBase. April 2019 version.