Lepidonectes

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| taxon = Lepidonectes

| authority = W. A. Bussing (ex Rosenblatt), 1991

| type_species = Enneapterygius corallicola

| type_species_authority = Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912{{Cof record|genid=10210|title=Lepidonectes|access-date=27 May 2019}}

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Lepidonectes is a genus of triplefins in the family Tripterygiidae. They are found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are three species currently recognised within Lepidonectes:{{FishBase genus|genus=Lepidonectes|month=April|year=2019}}

Twinspot triplefin, Lepidonectes bimaculata Allen & Robertson, 1992
Signal triplefin, Lepidonectes clarkhubbsi W. A. Bussing, 1991
Galapagos triplefin blenny, Lepidonectes corallicola (Kendall & Radcliffe, 1912)

Etymology

The generic name means "scaly swimmer" and refers to the scaled head and body and the scaled patch at the base of the pectoral fin.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/blenniiformes1/ | title = Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families TRIPTERYGIIDAE and DACTYLOSCOPIDAE | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | accessdate = 27 May 2019 | date = 29 January 2019}}

References

Category:Tripterygiidae

Category:Taxa named by William Bussing