Family Labrisomidae - Labrisomids
  Order
:
Labrisomidae Labrisomidae
  Class
:
Teleostei
No. in FishBase
:
Genera : 16 | Species : 123 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
  Environment
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Fresh : No | Brackish : Yes | Marine : Yes
  Division
:
Marine
  Aquarium
:
some
  First Fossil Record
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  Remark
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Distribution: Atlantic and Pacific. Mainly tropical. Cycloid scales, never small and imbedded; only the anterior edge has radii. Few species scaleless (5 in Stathmonotus, 1 in Neoclinus). Nape, nostril, and above eye often with cirri. Dorsal fin with more spines than soft-rays; some species with only a spinous dorsal fin. Viviparity occurs in the genera Xenomeda and Starksia. Male intromittent organ present only in Starksia. Feed on small benthic invertebrates (Ref. 7463). For the most part are generalized blennioids that do not fall within the limits of the other well-defined families; relationships within this family unknown and essentially unhypothesized based on morphological characters (Ref. 94100). Benthic inhabitants usually dwelling in holes and restricted to rocky, shelly, or coral reefs in shallow water, a few species in marine grass beds or sponges; a few species in deep water. The larvae, which are scaleless and often cirriless, are often misidentified as Blenniidae. The presence of more spines than rays in the dorsal fin of all labrisomids is an aid to identification. Labrisomids have no commercial importance in FAO Area 31. They are, however, very abundant in certain localities and some of the larger species are caught, usually on hook-and-line, around jetties. They are edible, but rarely consumed (Ref.52855).
  Etymology
:
Greek, labros = furious, avid, eager + Greek, soma = body ( Ref. 45335).
  Reproductive guild
:
bearers
  Typical activity level
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  Main Ref.
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  Coordinator
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  Deep Fin Classification
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Acanthopterygii | Percomorphaceae | Ovalentaria | | Blenniimorphae | Blenniiformes | | | Labrisomidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Labrisomidae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus nuchipinnis Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
synonymseniororiginal
Clinus pectinifer Valenciennes, 1836
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrisomus pectinifer (Valenciennes, 1836)
synonymjuniornew
Clinus canariensis Valenciennes, 1838
synonymjuniororiginal
Clinus pedatipennis Rochebrune, 1880
synonymjuniororiginal
Labrisomus fernandezianus (Guichenot, 1848)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus fernandezianus Guichenot, 1848
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus xanti Gill, 1860
acceptedseniororiginal
! Labrosomus xanti Gill, 1860
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus philippii (Steindachner, 1866)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus philippii Steindachner, 1866
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus jenkinsi (Heller & Snodgrass, 1903)
acceptedseniornew
Lepisoma jenkinsi Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
Labrisomus pomaspilus Springer & Rosenblatt, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Labrisomus cricota Sazima, Gasparini & Moura, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
Labrisomus conditus Sazima, Carvalho-Filho, Gasparini & Sazima, 2009
acceptedseniororiginal
Auchenionchus variolosus (Valenciennes, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus variolosus Valenciennes, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Auchenionchus microcirrhis (Valenciennes, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus microcirrhis Valenciennes, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Auchenionchus crinitus (Jenyns, 1841)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus crinitus Jenyns, 1841
synonymseniororiginal
Calliclinus geniguttatus (Valenciennes, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus geniguttatus Valenciennes, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Calliclinus nudiventris Cervigón & Pequeño, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Gobioclinus gobio (Valenciennes, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus gobio Valenciennes, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus gobio (Valenciennes, 1836)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniororiginal
Gobioclinus kalisherae (Jordan, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
Ericteis kalisherae Jordan, 1904
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus kalisherae (Jordan, 1904)
synonymseniornew
Gobioclinus guppyi (Norman, 1922)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus guppyi Norman, 1922
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus guppyi (Norman, 1922)
synonymseniornew
Gobioclinus haitiensis (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928)
acceptedseniornew
Labrisomus haitiensis Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
synonymseniororiginal
! Labrisomus haitensis Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
Gobioclinus filamentosus (Springer, 1960)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Malacoctenus delalandii (Valenciennes, 1836)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus delalandii Valenciennes, 1836
synonymseniororiginal
Malacoctenus delalandei (Valenciennes, 1836)
synonymseniornew
! Malacoctenus delalandi (Valenciennes, 1836)
synonymseniornew
Malacoctenus gilli (Steindachner, 1867)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus gilli Steindachner, 1867
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
acceptedseniornew
Myxodes macropus Poey, 1868
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Labrisomus afuerae Hildebrand, 1946
synonymjuniororiginal
Malacoctenus afuerae (Hildebrand, 1946)
synonymjuniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Malacoctenus zonifer (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus zonifer Jordan & Gilbert, 1882
synonymseniororiginal
Malacoctenus zonogaster Heller & Snodgrass, 1903
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
Acteis margaritae Fowler, 1944
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus boehlkei Springer, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
! Malacoctenus bohlkei Springer, 1959
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus ebisui Springer, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus gigas Springer, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus hubbsi Springer, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
synonymseniorchange in rank
Malacoctenus mexicanus Springer, 1959
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Malacoctenus sudensis Springer, 1959
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymjuniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus zacae Springer, 1959
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus brunoi Guimarães, Nunan & Gasparini, 2010
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus oceanicus Not applicable
synonymotheroriginal
Malacoctenus sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus n. sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Malacoctenus africanus (non Cadenat, 1951)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Malacoctenus lianae Carvalho-Filho, Almeida, Britto, Dias & Lima, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus sp. Not applicable
synonymotherother
Malacoctenus sp. 2 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Malacoctenus sp. n Not applicable
synonymotherother
Malacoctenus triangulatus (non Springer, 1959)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Malacoctenus zaluari Carvalho-Filho, Gasparini & Sazima, 2020
acceptedseniororiginal
Malacoctenus sp. 1 Not applicable
synonymotherother
Malacoctenus triangulatus (non Springer, 1959)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Paraclinus monophthalmus (Günther, 1861)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus nigripinnis (Steindachner, 1867)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus nigripinnis Steindachner, 1867
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus fasciatus (Steindachner, 1876)
acceptedseniornew
Cremnobates fasciatus Steindachner, 1876
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus marmoratus (Steindachner, 1876)
acceptedseniornew
Cremnobates marmoratus Steindachner, 1876
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus altivelis (Lockington, 1881)
acceptedseniornew
Cremnobates altivelis Lockington, 1881
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus cingulatus (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
acceptedseniornew
Auchenopterus cingulatus Evermann & Marsh, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus mexicanus (Gilbert, 1904)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
Paraclinus grandicomis (Rosén, 1911)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus rubicundus (Starks, 1913)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus nigripinnis (non Steindachner, 1867)
misappliedmisappliednew
Paraclinus beebei Hubbs, 1952
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus sini Hubbs, 1952
acceptedseniorchange in rank
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus walkeri Hubbs, 1952
acceptedseniororiginal
Axoclinus walkeri (Hubbs, 1952)
synonymseniornew
Paraclinus barbatus Springer, 1955
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus infrons Böhlke, 1960
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus ditrichus Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus fehlmanni Springer & Trist, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus magdalenae Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus stephensi Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus tanygnathus Rosenblatt & Parr, 1969
acceptedseniororiginal
Paraclinus arcanus Guimarães & Bacellar, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
! Paraclinius arcanus Guimarães & Bacellar, 2002
synonymseniororiginal
Paraclinus spectator Guimarães & Bacellar, 2002
acceptedseniororiginal
! Paraclinius spectator Guimarães & Bacellar, 2002
synonymseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
Dialommus fuscus Gilbert, 1891
acceptedseniororiginal
Dialommus macrocephalus (Günther, 1861)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus macrocephalus Günther, 1861
synonymseniororiginal
Mnierpes macrocephalus (Günther, 1861)
synonymseniornew
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniornew
Exerpes asper (Jenkins & Evermann, 1889)
acceptedseniornew
Auchenopterus asper Jenkins & Evermann, 1889
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
Starksia cremnobates (Gilbert, 1890)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia ocellata (Steindachner, 1876)
acceptedseniornew
Clinus ocellatus Steindachner, 1876
synonymseniororiginal
! Starksia ocelata (Steindachner, 1876)
synonymseniornew
Starksia culebrae (Evermann & Marsh, 1899)
acceptedseniornew
Malacoctenus culebrae Evermann & Marsh, 1899
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia brasiliensis (Gilbert, 1900)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia sluiteri (Metzelaar, 1919)
acceptedseniornew
Brannerella sluiteri Metzelaar, 1919
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia guttata (Fowler, 1931)
acceptedseniornew
Brannerella guttata Fowler, 1931
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia atlantica Longley, 1934
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia fasciata (Longley, 1934)
acceptedseniornew
Brannerella fasciata Longley, 1934
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia hassi Klausewitz, 1958
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia spinipenis (Al-Uthman, 1960)
acceptedseniornew
Brannerella spinipenis Al-Uthman, 1960
synonymseniororiginal
Starksia lepicoelia Böhlke & Springer, 1961
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia nanodes Böhlke & Springer, 1961
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia y-lineata Gilbert, 1965
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia elongata Gilbert, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia fulva Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia galapagensis Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia grammilaga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia guadalupae Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia hoesei Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia lepidogaster Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia posthon Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia starcki Gilbert, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia occidentalis Greenfield, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia variabilis Greenfield, 1979
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia leucovitta Williams & Mounts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia melasma Williams & Mounts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia multilepis Williams & Mounts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia rava Williams & Mounts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia sella Williams & Mounts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia smithvanizi Williams & Mounts, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
! Starksia greenfieldi Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia sluiteri (non Metzelaar, 1919)
misappliedmisappliednew
Starksia langi Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia robertsoni Baldwin, Victor & Castillo, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia sangreyae Castillo & Baldwin, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia atlantica (non Longley, 1934)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
Starksia springeri Castillo & Baldwin, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia weigti Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia williamsi Baldwin & Castillo, 2011
acceptedseniororiginal
Starksia splendens Victor, 2018
acceptedseniororiginal
Alloclinus holderi (Lauderbach, 1907)
acceptedseniornew
Starksia holderi Lauderbach, 1907
synonymseniororiginal
Brockius striatus (Hubbs, 1953)
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
Brockius albigenys (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928)
acceptedseniornew
Labrisomus albigenys Beebe & Tee-Van, 1928
synonymseniororiginal
Brockius nigricinctus (Howell Rivero, 1936)
acceptedseniornew
Labrisomus nigricinctus Howell Rivero, 1936
synonymseniororiginal
Xenomedea rhodopyga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
acceptedseniororiginal
! Xenomedea rhodophyga Rosenblatt & Taylor, 1971
synonymseniororiginal
Haptoclinus apectolophus Böhlke & Robins, 1974
acceptedseniororiginal
Haptoclinus dropi Baldwin & Robertson, 2013
acceptedseniororiginal
Nemaclinus atelestos Böhlke & Springer, 1975
acceptedseniororiginal
Cottoclinus canops McCosker, Stephens & Rosenblatt, 2003
acceptedseniororiginal
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