Pseudoblennius

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Genus of fishes

title: "Pseudoblennius" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cottinae"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/cottinae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoblennius" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = YanagiAHad.jpg | image_caption = P. argenteus | image2 = ObiAHset.jpg | image2_caption = P. zonostigma | taxon = Pseudoblennius | display_parents = 3 | authority = Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 | type_species = Pseudoblennius percoides | type_species_authority = Günther, 1861

Pseudoblennius is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Pseudoblennius was first used as a name by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1850 but they did not designate a type species. Albert Günther designated P. percoides as the type species in 1861. however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: | Pseudoblennius argenteus | (Döderlein, 1887) | Pseudoblennius cottoides | (J. Richardson, 1848) | Pseudoblennius marmoratus | (Döderlein, 1884) | Pseudoblennius percoides | Günther, 1861 | Pseudoblennius totomius | D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 | Pseudoblennius zonostigma | D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904

References

References

  1. {{Cof family
  2. (2016). "Fishes of the World". Wiley.
  3. {{FishBase genus. (2012)

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