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Gobiesocidae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164457

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Alabetidae
 
    Cheilobranchidae
 
    Gobiesocinae
 
    Cheilobranchinae
 
  Common Name(s): clingfishes [English]
  
    chupapiedras [Spanish]
  
    crampons [French]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderGobiesocoidei   
                                  FamilyGobiesocidae  – clingfishes, chupapiedras, crampons  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusAcyrtops Schultz, 1951  
                                     GenusAcyrtus Schultz, 1944  
                                     GenusAlabes Cloquet, 1816  
                                     GenusApletodon Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusArcos Schultz, 1944  
                                     GenusAspasma Jordan and Fowler, 1902  
                                     GenusAspasmichthys Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusAspasmodes Smith, 1957  
                                     GenusAspasmogaster Waite, 1907  
                                     GenusChorisochismus Brisout de Barneville, 1846  
                                     GenusCochleoceps Whitley, 1943  
                                     GenusConidens Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusCreocele Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusDellichthys Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusDerilissus Briggs, 1969  
                                     GenusDiademichthys Pfaff, 1942  
                                     GenusDiplecogaster Fraser-Brunner, 1938  
                                     GenusDiplocrepis Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusDiscotrema Briggs, 1976  
                                     GenusEckloniaichthys Smith, 1943  
                                     GenusGastrocyathus Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusGastrocymba Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusGastroscyphus Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusGobiesox Lacepède, 1800 – common clingfishes 
                                     GenusGouania Nardo, 1833  
                                     GenusGymnoscyphus Böhlke and Robins, 1970  
                                     GenusHaplocylix Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusKopua Hardy, 1984  
                                     GenusLecanogaster Briggs, 1957  
                                     GenusLepadichthys Waite, 1904  
                                     GenusLepadogaster Goüan, 1770  
                                     GenusLiobranchia Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusLissonanchus Smith, 1966  
                                     GenusModicus Hardy, 1983  
                                     GenusOpeatogenys Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusParvicrepis Whitley, 1931  
                                     GenusPherallodichthys Shiogaki and Dotsu, 1983  
                                     GenusPherallodiscus Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusPherallodus Briggs, 1955  
                                     GenusPosidonichthys Briggs, 1993  
                                     GenusPropherallodus Shiogaki and Dotsu, 1983  
                                     GenusRimicola Jordan and Evermann in Jordan, 1896  
                                     GenusSicyases Müller and Troschel in Müller, 1843  
                                     GenusTomicodon Brisout de Barneville, 1846  
                                     GenusTrachelochismus Brisout de Barneville, 1846  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes   
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Gobiesocidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gobiesocidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Gobiesocidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1984   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xv + 523   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-86475-7   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: clingfishes[English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Gobiesocidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: chupapiedras[Spanish], clingfishes [English], crampons [French]   
       

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